PUBLIC INPATIENT DATA SETS
The public inpatient data sets include hospital discharges in which a patient was admitted to the hospital. Discharges are classified as inpatient by the reporting hospitals, and admission criteria distinguishing inpatient from outpatient discharges may vary across hospitals.
This release of the public, hospital discharge data sets consists of 11 files. All data files are in Microsoft Access (.mdb) format. The lookup tables are in Excel (.xlsx) format.
| Data File Name | Description |
| APR-DRG 2018 8.4 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, APR-DRG, Severity, and Primary Payer |
| MS-DRG 2018 6.1 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, MS-DRG, and Primary Payer |
| DIAGNOSIS 2018 14.6 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, Principal Diagnosis, and Primary Payer |
| PROCEDURES 2018 7.2 mb | Discharge data summarized by Hospital, Principal Procedure, and Primary Payer |
| Lookup Table Name | Description |
| APR-DRG ID 2018 18.5 kb | Code number and description of the APR-DRGs |
| MS-DRG ID 2018 31.5 kb | Code number and description of the MS-DRGs |
| DIAGNOSIS ID 2018 1.8 mb | Code number (ICD-10-CM) and description of the Principal Diagnoses |
| PROCEDURES ID 2018 1.9 mb | Code number (ICD-10-PCS) and description of the Principal Procedures |
| HOSPITAL ID 2018 14.8 kb | Code number, name, and city of the facilities |
| VARIABLES ID 2018 9.7 kb | Names (labels) and descriptions of the data set variables |
| PAYER ID 2018 9.8 kb | Code number and description of the primary payers |
The 2018 public inpatient data sets reflect hospital discharge records shared by the Indiana Hospital Association on May 13, 2019.
All negative numbers and those charges reported as "$0.00" have been changed to "missing."
Discharges by APR-DRG and Severity are produced using proprietary computer software created, owned, and licensed by the 3M Company. All copyrights in and to the 3MTM software (including the selection, coordination, and arrangement of all codes) are owned by 3M. All rights reserved.
ADDITIONAL DATA SETS
AHRQ Area Reports Counts and rates by county for select Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) pediatric and prevention quality indicators, generated by the Indiana Hospital Association.