This record layout provides the following information, in alphabetical order,
for the 33 variables in the simulated Manitoba Health data set.
| Variable Name | Columns | Type |
Variable Description | Data Values |
| ABSTYPE | 82 | A/N |
Abstract type |
1 - Adult/child
2 - Pediatric
3 - Obstetric
4 - Newborn/stillborn
5 - Rehab/respiratory
Format: $ABSTYPEL
|
| AGE | 7-9 | N |
Patient age at discharge |
Range: 0 to 103
|
| CHARYES | 36-37 | N |
Had a high-risk diagnosis (Charlson Index - Charlson et al., 1987) |
0 - No
1 - Yes
Format: $CHARL
|
| CMG | 71-73 | A/N |
CIHI's Case Mix Group - a Canadian version of DRG (somewhat parallel) |
Range: 1 to 999
Format labels are in
CMG93C.FMT file
|
| DAYSFRPR | 83-85 | N |
Interval in days from discharge date of previous admission to current admission |
0 to 365 - number of
days from previous
admission
999 - no previous
admission within
the last year
|
| DAYSTOR | 86-88 | N |
Interval in days from current admission to readmission |
0 to 364 - number of
days to readmission
999 - no readmission
within the
subsequent year
|
| DEATHSEP | 55-58 | N |
Days from hospital separation to death |
0 - died in
hospital
1 to 449 - days
to death
9999 - alive as of
500 days after
discharge
|
| DIAG01 | 24-28 | A/N |
ICD-9-CM diagnosis code: most responsible diagnosis |
Range: 001 to 999.9
Format labels are in
DX93.FMT file
|
| DIAG02 | 29-33 | A/N |
ICD-9-CM diagnosis code: second diagnosis |
Same as for DIAG01
|
| DISCRE | 50 | N |
Discretionary diagnoses (Anderson et al., 1986) |
1 - discretionary
0 - other
Format: $DISCREL
|
| DRG | 46-48 | A/N |
Diagnosis-Related Group |
Range: 1 to 477
Format labels are in
DRG93C.FMT file
|
| DRGRGN | 59-63 | A/N |
DRG Refinement Group Number (RDRG) - a 3-digit DRG followed by a
"class" digit |
Range: 0010 to 9230
|
| DRGWT | 40-45 | N |
DRG weight: relative weights based on a mainly 65+ population, scaled
so that 1.00 is standard (in the U.S., this determines how much hospitals are
paid for patients of this type). |
Range: 0 to 7.5631
|
| GENDER | 6 | A/N |
Patient gender |
1 - male
2 - female
Format: $GENDERL
|
| ICD17BRK | 89-90 | A/N |
ICD-9-CM diagnoses grouped into 17 categories (for the actual diagnostic
codes, see DIAG01 and DIAG02). |
Range: 1 to 17
(includes ICD-9-CM
diagnoses 1 to 999.9,
excluding V- and
E-codes)
Format: $ICD17L
|
| INCDR | 53 | A/N |
Neighbourhood income quintile, based on mean household income assigned
to postal code from aggregate enumeration area data |
1-less than or equal
to $22,300
2-$22,400 to $27,500
3-$27,600 to $33,300
4-$33,400 to $41,200
5-greater than
$41,200
Format: $INCDRL
|
| LOS | 10-13 | N |
Length of hospital stay |
Range: 1 to 902
|
| NCASE | 1-5 | A/N |
Case number (unique identifier) |
Range: 1 to 5000
|
| NDAYICU | 14-17 | N |
Number of days in Intensive Care |
Range: 0 to 73
|
| OP01 | 20-23 | A/N |
ICD-9-CM procedure code: primary operative procedure |
Range: 01 to 99.99
Format labels are
in OP93.FMT file
|
| RDRGWT | 65-70 | N |
Refined DRG weight: based on LOS data for each DRG, but
this has not been scaled (like DRGWT), and is based on a large 1986 US sample
mainly age 65+. |
Range: 0.1433 to
5.515
(the higher the value,
the longer the
expected stay).
|
| REGIONH | 52 | A/N |
Hospital region |
1 - central Manitoba
2 - eastern Manitoba
3 - Interlake
4 - northern Manitoba
5 - Parkland
6 - Thompson
7 - Westman
8 - Winnipeg
Format: $REGIONL
|
| REGIONRE | 52 | A/N |
Patient's region of residence |
Same as REGIONH
|
| RISKDRG | 39 | A/N |
Score identifying risk of adverse event associated with
admission (see info sheet) |
0 - not classified
1 - low risk of
adverse event
2
3
4 - high risk of
adverse event
|
| RIW | 74-80 | N |
Resource Intensity Weight: based on 1985 New York cost data,
to be used in conjunction with CMGs |
Range: 0.1366 to
10.729
|
| SCHEDULE | 38 | A/N |
Scheduled admission (usually elective surgery) |
1 - not scheduled
2 - scheduled
Format: $SCHEDL
|
| SEVRDRG | 64 | A/N |
DRG severity code (the last digit of the DRGRGN variable) |
0 - no or minor
complications/
comorbidities
1 - moderate c/c
2 - major c/c
3 - catastrophic c/c
Format: $SEVRL
|
| TOTCHAR | 34-35 | A/N |
Charlson Index score: weighted score on high-risk diagnosis
index (Charlson et al., 1987) |
Range: 0 to 8
|
| TRANADM | 18 | A/N |
Patient transferred from other institution |
0 - no transfer/other
1 - hospital
2 - personal care home
(PCH)
Format: $TRNADML
|
| TRANDIS | 19 | A/N |
Patient transferred to other location |
0 - no transfer/other
1 - another hospital
2 - personal care home
(PCH)
3 - died in hospital
Format: $TRNDISL
|
| TREATY | 81 | A/N |
Treaty First Nations: defined using
municipal code, does not necessarily denote residence |
0 - non-Treaty
1 - Treaty
Format: $TREATYL
|
| TYPEHSP | 54 | A/N |
Type of hospital |
1 - Winnipeg
teaching
2 - Winnipeg
non-teaching
3 - other Manitoba
Format: $TYPEHL
|
| WBURG | 49 | A/N |
Wennberg's variation code (Fisher et al., 1992) |
1 - low-variation
medical condition
2 - surgery
3 - high-variation
medical condition
4 - obstetric
(DRG 370-379)
Format: $WBURGL
|
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