Data Set Name: NIS_2023_HOSPITAL               
Number of Observations: 4181
Total Record Length: 60
Total Number of Data Elements: 12
Created on 12/10/2025.


Columns   Description
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 1-  3    Database name
 5-  8    Discharge year of data
10- 35    File name
37- 40    Data element number
42- 70    Data element name
72- 75    Starting column of data element in ASCII file
77- 80    Ending column of data element in ASCII file
82- 82    Non-zero number of digits after decimal point for numeric data element
84- 87    Data element type (Num=numeric; Char=character)
89-188    Data element label


NIS 2023 NIS_2023_Hospital             1 HOSP_NIS                         1    5   Num  NIS hospital number
NIS 2023 NIS_2023_Hospital             2 NIS_STRATUM                      6    9   Num  NIS hospital stratum
NIS 2023 NIS_2023_Hospital             3 DISCWT                          10   20 7 Num  NIS discharge weight
NIS 2023 NIS_2023_Hospital             4 HOSP_BEDSIZE                    21   22   Num  Relative bed size category of hospital (original)
NIS 2023 NIS_2023_Hospital             5 HOSP_LOCTEACH                   23   24   Num  Location/teaching status of hospital (original)
NIS 2023 NIS_2023_Hospital             6 H_CONTRL                        25   26   Num  Control/ownership of hospital (original)
NIS 2023 NIS_2023_Hospital             7 N_DISC_U                        27   34   Num  Number of universe discharges in the stratum
NIS 2023 NIS_2023_Hospital             8 N_HOSP_U                        35   38   Num  Number of universe hospitals in the stratum
NIS 2023 NIS_2023_Hospital             9 S_DISC_U                        39   46   Num  Number of sample discharges in the stratum
NIS 2023 NIS_2023_Hospital            10 S_HOSP_U                        47   50   Num  Number of sample hospitals in the stratum
NIS 2023 NIS_2023_Hospital            11 TOTAL_DISC                      51   56   Num  Total number of discharges from this hospital in the NIS
NIS 2023 NIS_2023_Hospital            12 YEAR                            57   60   Num  Calendar year