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Table 1 Encounters and demographics: comparison of nationwide inpatient sample (NIS) and health facts® (HF) EHR population

From: A comparison of a multistate inpatient EHR database to the HCUP Nationwide Inpatient Sample

 

HCUP NIS

HF

Rel diff (%)

t-value

  

Std. error

   

Total discharges

39008298 (100.00 %)

723539

38787005

0.57

0.31

Northeast

7579674 (19.43 %)

317987

7603789 (19.60 %)

0.32

0.08

Midwest

8839256 (22.66 %)

320253

8897944 (22.94 %)

0.66

0.18

South

14985984 (38.42 %)

483009

15055887 (38.82 %)

0.47

0.14

West

7603384 (19.49 %)

294165

7229385 (18.64 %)

4.92

1.27

Length of Stay (Mean)

4.7

0

4.75

  

Length of Stay (Median)

3

N/A

3

  

Age (Mean)

48.36

0.37

47.38

2.03

2.65*

Male

16485595 (42.26 %)

312023

16207543 (41.79 %)

1.69

0.89

Female

22436406 (57.52 %)

429631

22549349 (58.14 %)

0.50

0.26

In-hospital Deaths

740748 (1.90 %)

17443 (0.03 %)

633121 (1.63 %)

14.53

6.17*

  1. *Indicates t-values over 1.960. These are categories that are significantly different between the data sets at 95 % confidence