National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Examination of Inpatient Hospitalization and Risk of Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed With Pneumonia.

ABSTRACT

Objective-This report demonstrates the ability of data from the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) linked to the National Death Index (NDI) to provide information on inpatient hospitalizations and in-hospital and post-acute mortality among patients hospitalized for a specific condition, in this case pneumonia.