Surgical and nonsurgical procedures in short-stay hospitals.

Statistics are presented on the number and rate of procedures performed for inpatients in non-Federal short-stay hospitals by patient and hospital characteristics. These estimates are based on data abstracted from a national sample of hospital records of discharged patients. This report also presents estimates of average length of stay for single-listed procedures. Allmatarial appearing inthisreport isinthe public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated.