Child and Adolescent Injury: Data Sources

 


Data Set
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

Alias
NHAMCS

Data Collection Agency
Hospital staff trained by Bureau of Census

Purpose
To collect data on visits to U.S. short-stay hospital emergency

and outpatient departments.

Description
Estimate of provision and use of hospital ambulatory medical

care services in nonfederal, short-stay hospitals with

emergency departments and/or outpatient departments

Special Features
Data on place of occurrence, external cause of injury, and

alcohol- or drug-relatedness. Age, sex, race, ethnicity,

expected method(s) of payment. Nature and circumstances of

injury.

Subject Age Range
All

E-Coding Included
Yes

Population or Sample
Sample

Number of Cases

Geographic Area Covered
National, regional

Years Available
1993

Years Owned by CHDL
None

CHDL ID#
75

 

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