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Data includes hospitalizations from the following facility types: acute care,
long-term acute, rehabilitation, and psychiatric. Skilled nursing
services are not included.
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Data includes Pennsylvania residents only. Data for each county includes all
county residents, even if they were admitted to a hospital located in another
Pennsylvania county.
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Due to rounding, percentages may not always sum to 100%, and the total charges
may not always sum to the total line.
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For the purposes of calculating charges and length of stay (LOS), cases with
invalid or outlier values are imputed with the statewide average value.
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Total Cases: The number of patients discharged from the hospital.
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Percent: The percentage of the total.
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Length of Stay (LOS): Length of stay is calculated by subtracting the
admission date from the discharge date. (Displayed as an average.)
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Total Charges: The total charge for a given inpatient admission, excluding
physician charges, as billed by the hospital. In almost all cases, hospitals are
not reimbursed the full charge amount from insurance carriers. Hospitals typically
receive actual payments that are considerably less than the listed charge amount.
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MDC (Major Diagnostic Category): A broad classification of diagnoses that are typically grouped by body systems.
A case is assigned to a single mutually exclusive MDC based on the principal diagnosis.
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Please send questions or comments to Special Requests.
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