Top Five Major Diagnostic Categories (MDCs) for California Hospitals
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Additional Info
Field | Value |
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Contact Email | [email protected] |
Program | Department of Health Care Access and Information, Healthcare Analytics Branch |
Homepage URL | https://hcai.ca.gov/visualizations/ |
Temporal Coverage | One year (updated on an annual basis) |
Spatial/Geographic Coverage | Statewide |
Geographic Granularity | Location Point |
Language | English (EN) |
Frequency | Annually |
De-Identification Method | To assure that patient identity is protected, any MDC per facility grouping with less than 11 encounters were removed. This will cause some facilities to have fewer than five MDCs in their respective Top Five MDC lists. |
Source Link | https://hcai.ca.gov/data-and-reports/healthcare-utilization/ or https://hcai.ca.gov/visualizations/ |
Data Collection Tool | https://hcai.ca.gov/data-and-reports/submit-data/patient-data/ |
License | Terms of Use |
Limitations | Use of this data is subject to the CHHS Terms of Use and any copyright and proprietary notices incorporated in or accompanying the individual files. |
Citation | HCAI Patient Discharge Data (PDD) |
Last Updated | January 9, 2024, 18:26 (UTC) |
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