U.S. Hospitals

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Originator: ESRI
Publication_Date: 20040301
Title: U.S. Hospitals
Edition: 2004
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: ESRI® Data & Maps
Issue_Identification: 2004
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Redlands, California, USA
Publisher: ESRI
Other_Citation_Details: Location: \usa\landmarks
Description:
Abstract:
U.S. Hospitals represents the locations and selected attributes for hospitals included in the FY2001 edition of the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey Database.
Purpose:
U.S. Hospitals provides locations and extensive information about hospitals such as description, type, name, and address; number of beds, employees, patients, and emergency room visits.
Supplemental_Information: Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20000701-20030930
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 200311
Currentness_Reference: ground condition: 20000701-20030930; publication date: 200311
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Matches software update releases
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -162.296245
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.269000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.284073
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 19.199518
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: point
Theme_Keyword: hospital
Theme_Keyword: place name
Theme_Keyword: geographic feature
Theme_Keyword: health
Theme_Keyword: society
Theme_Keyword: structure
Theme_Keyword: location
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: United States
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 2000-2003
Temporal_Keyword: 2003
Access_Constraints: Access granted to Licensee only.
Use_Constraints:
The data are provided by multiple, third party data vendors under license to ESRI for inclusion on ESRI Data & Maps for use with ESRI® software. Each data vendor has its own data licensing policies and may grant varying redistribution rights to end users. Please consult the redistribution rights below for this data set provided on ESRI Data & Maps. As used herein, “Geodata” shall mean any digital data set consisting of geographic data coordinates and associated attributes.

The redistribution rights for this data set: Internal Use Only. No redistribution rights are granted by the data vendor, and the data is for the end user's own internal use only.

ESRI (End Users) shall not use the Health Forum, L.L.C. Data to rank hospitals in a report card context, or be used for regulatory purposes to determine compliance, claims acceptance, or claims verification.

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Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: ESRI
Contact_Person: Data Team
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92373-8100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 909-793-2853
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 909-793-5953
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@esri.com
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday
Contact_Instructions:
In the United States– Please direct all inquiries regarding software/data pricing and consulting services to your local ESRI Regional Office. For support, you may contact Technical Support by telephone (voice) between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Pacific time, Monday through Friday, by dialing 909-793-3774; facsimile (fax) available at 909-792-0960; electronic mail (e-mail) support@esri.com; or visit <http://support.esri.com>; ESRI holidays excluded.

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Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.532

Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
No duplicate features are present. The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format in ArcSDE®. This verifies and validates the geometry.
Completeness_Report:
Hospitals report data for a complete fiscal year.

Average response rate has been 82% for the past 5 years.

Data is estimated for non-reporting hospitals and incomplete responses based on their most recent information, computed from statistical models, or derived from data supplied by similar hospitals.

After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.

Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Publication_Date: 2003
Title: American Hospital Association Annual Survey Database
Edition: Fiscal Year 2001
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: American Hospital Association Annual Survey Database
Issue_Identification: FY2001 Edition
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Publisher: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Other_Citation_Details:
Hospital Facilities Only - Exclude all Hospital Based Nursing Home Data.
Type_of_Source_Media: CD–ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20000701
Ending_Date: 20030930
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Health Forum FY2001
Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Group 1 Software, Inc.
Publication_Date: 200311
Title:
Centrus Desktop 4.0 (Geographic Data Technologies (GDT) version)
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Centrus Desktop
Issue_Identification: 4.0
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Publisher: Group 1 Software, Inc.
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 200311
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Centrus Desktop 4.0
Source_Contribution: Attribute and geospatial data
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey of Hospitals

The latest version (Fiscal Year 2001) of the AHA Annual Survey of Hospitals is the primary source of hospital data for research data lists and healthcare profiles. Each year the American Hospital Association and Health Forum survey all the hospitals in the U.S., collecting more than 600 pieces of information on more than 6,000 hospitals.

Process_Date: 2003
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Health Forum FY2001
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The following steps were performed by ESRI: Received an Excel file from Health Forum, L.L.C. Assigned attribute names to the Excel columns, and output a text file. Converted the text file to dBASE (.dbf) in ArcView GIS 3. Used Centrus Desktop to geocode the file using the address information included. Created a point shapefile by: 1) using the geocoded latitude/longitude values if the street address could be geocoded, and 2) using the latitude/longitude values included in the original Excel file if the address could only be geocoded using the ZIP Code value. Deleted five records that did not match a street address and did not have latitude/longitude values. Added description values for ADMIN_DESC and TYPE_DESC attributes using the American Hospital Association Annual Survey Database documentation. Converted the data set to SDC. Created the projection file (.prj) and spatial indices.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Health Forum FY2001
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Centrus Desktop 4.0
Process_Date: 20040317

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 5944

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000009
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000009
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: hospitals
Entity_Type_Definition:
The points represent locations and selected attributes for hospitals included in the FY2001 edition of the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey Database.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ObjectID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AHA_ID
Attribute_Definition:
The American Hospital Association (AHA) identification number. The AHA region code is in position 2, AHA state code in position 2-3, and hospital number in position 4 on.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: AHA Identification Number
Codeset_Source: American Hospital Association
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: START_DATE
Attribute_Definition: The beginning of the reporting period [MM\DD\YY].
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Dates for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: END_DATE
Attribute_Definition: The end of the reporting period [MM\DD\YY].
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Dates for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ADMIN_CODE
Attribute_Definition:
The control code for the type of organization responsible for establishing policy concerning overall operation of the hospitals.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 12
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: State.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 13
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: County.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 14
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: City.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 15
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: City-County.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 16
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hospital district or authority.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 21
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Church operated.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 23
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other not-for-profit.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 31
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Individual.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 32
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Partnership.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 33
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Corporation.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 41
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Air Force.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 42
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Army.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 43
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Navy.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 44
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Public Health Service other than 47.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 45
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Veterans Affairs.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 46
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Federal other than 41-45, 47-48.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 47
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Public Health Service Indian Service.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 48
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Department of Justice.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ADMIN_DESC
Attribute_Definition:
The control code description for the type of organization responsible for establishing policy concerning overall operation of the hospitals.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value:
Government, Nonfederal: State, County, City, City-county, Hospital district or authority. Nongovernment, not-for-profit: Church operated, Other not-for-profit. Investor-owned (for-profit): Individual, Partnership, Corporation. Government, federal: Air Force, Army, Navy, Public Health Service other than Public Health Service Indian Service, Veterans Affairs, Public Health Service Indian Service, Department of Justice, Federal other than any of the above.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The control code description for the type of organization responsible for establishing policy concerning overall operation of the hospitals.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE_CODE
Attribute_Definition:
The service code for the category best describing the type of service provided to the majority of admissions.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 10
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: General medical and surgical.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Hospital unit of an institution (prison hospital, college infirmary).
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 12
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Hospital unit within an institution for the mentally retarded.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 22
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Psychiatric.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 33
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 41
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cancer.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 42
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Heart.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 44
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Obstetrics and gynecology.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 45
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Eye, ear, nose and throat.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 46
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rehabilitation.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 47
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Orthopedic.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 48
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Chronic disease.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 49
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Other specialty treatment.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 50
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Children's general medical and surgical.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 51
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Children's hospital unit of an institution.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 52
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Children's psychiatric.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 53
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Children's tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 55
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Children's eye, ear, nose and throat.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 56
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Children's rehabilitation.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 57
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Children's orthopedic.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 58
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Children's chronic disease.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 59
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Children's other specialty.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 62
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Institution for mental retardation.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 80
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Acute long-term care.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 82
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alcoholism and other chemical dependency.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 90
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Children's acute long-term care.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE_DESC
Attribute_Definition:
The service code description for the category best describing the type of service provided to the majority of admissions.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: The service code description.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
The service code description for the category best describing the type of service provided to the majority of admissions.
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: BEDS
Attribute_Definition:
The calculated hospital unit beds set up and staffed (total beds).
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Numbers for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: EMPLOYEES
Attribute_Definition:
The full time personnel or calculated full time equivalent. [All full time equivalent personnel values are calculated by adding full time personnel to 0.5 multiplied by the related part time personnel.]
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Numbers for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition: The hospital name.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Names for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ADDRESS
Attribute_Definition: The street address.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Addresses for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CITY
Attribute_Definition: The city name.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Names for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ST_ABREV
Attribute_Definition: The two-letter abbreviation for the state.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standards 5–2
Codeset_Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ZIP_CODE
Attribute_Definition: The ZIP Code.
Attribute_Definition_Source: United States Postal Service
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: USPS National 5-Digit ZIP + 4 Code and Post Office Directory
Codeset_Source: United States Postal Service
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MEDICARE
Attribute_Definition:
The Medicare Provider Identifier, a 6-digit number to match Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) files.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Codes for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SYS_CODE
Attribute_Definition: The system identifier from membership.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Codes for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SYS_NAME
Attribute_Definition: The system name from membership.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Names for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: HSA_CODE
Attribute_Definition:
The Health Service Area (HSA) code and Name Description Local health care markets for community-based inpatient care. Derived by researchers at Dartmouth Medical School for the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care from a national patient origin study. Each HSA is a cluster of contiguous Zip Codes, the residents of which predominantly use one or more hospitals within the HSA. 3,436 discrete HSAs have been defined.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
Codeset_Source: Dartmouth Medical School
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: HRR_CODE
Attribute_Definition:
The Health Referral Region (HRR) code and Name Description Regional health care markets for tertiary medical care. Hospital referral regions were defined in the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care by documenting where residents of hospital service areas received major cardiovascular surgical procedures and neurosurgery. Using these two services as markers for tertiary care, the 3,436 hospital service areas were aggregated into 306 hospital referral regions.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
Codeset_Source: Dartmouth Medical School
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TOTAL_ADM
Attribute_Definition: The total facility (hospital) admissions.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Numbers for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: INPATIENTS
Attribute_Definition: The total inpatient (hospital) admissions.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Numbers for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OUTPATIENT
Attribute_Definition: The total outpatient (hospital) visits.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Numbers for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: EMERG_RM
Attribute_Definition: The total emergency room (hospital) visits.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Health Forum, L.L.C.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Numbers for the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92373-8100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-447-9778
Contact_Instructions:
In the United States, contact the ESRI Telesales staff at 800-447-9778 for more information about our software and data.

Outside the United States, please direct all inquiries to your local ESRI International Distributor. This information can be found at <http://gis.esri.com/intldist/contactint.cfm>.

Resource_Description: Offline Data
Distribution_Liability: See use constraints.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: SDC
Format_Specification:
The SDC file contains the geospatial and attribute data. The SDI file contains the spatial and attribute indexes. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The XML file (*.sdc.xml) contains the metadata describing the data set (optional).
File_Decompression_Technique: ArcGIS® software
Transfer_Size: 1.072
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD–ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 4.38
Recording_Density_Units: GB (gigabytes)
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: CD–ROM
Recording_Capacity:
Recording_Density: 650
Recording_Density_Units: MB (megabytes)
Recording_Format: ISO 9660
Fees: Software purchase price
Ordering_Instructions: ESRI Data & Maps is available only as part of ESRI® software.
Technical_Prerequisites: To use this data requires software that supports SDC files.

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20040323
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: ESRI
Contact_Person: Data Team
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 380 New York Street
City: Redlands
State_or_Province: California
Postal_Code: 92373-8100
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 909-793-2853
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 909-793-5953
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@esri.com
Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday–Friday
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

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