Detailed diagnoses and procedures, national hospital discharge survey, 1990.

This report presents statistics on conditions diagnosed and surgical and nonsurgical procedures performed in non-federal short-stay hospitals. The statistics are based on data collected through the National Hospital Discharge Survey from a national sample of the hospital records of discharged inpatients. Estimates of first-listed diagnoses, all-listed diagnoses, days of care for first-listed diagnoses, and all-listed procedures are shown by sex and age of patient and geographic region of hospital.