Central Distributor SID: Description of Data Elements

DHOUR - Discharge hour

Documentation Sections:

General Notes

Uniform Values

State Specific Notes

General Notes

Discharge hour (DHOUR) is coded in military time (e.g., 2:45 p.m. is represented as 1445). Invalid times are set to invalid (.). No other edit checks are performed on this data element during HCUP processing.

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Uniform Values

Variable Description Value Value Description DHOUR Discharge hour HHMM Discharge hour . Missing .A Invalid

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State Specific Notes

Florida Beginning in 2010, Florida provided Discharge Time. This field was used to code DHOUR. Kansas Kansas provided the hour of discharge, but not the minutes. During HCUP data processing, the minutes were imputed to be "00". Nebraska Prior to 2004, Nebraska provided the hour of discharge, but not the minutes. During HCUP data processing, the minutes were imputed to be "00". New York New York source values are 00-23 and 99. During HCUP processing, minutes are set to 00 and the source value 99 is set to missing.

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