Data dictionary for "2021-2022 Homeless Hospital Encounters by Facility" data set.

Data Dictionary - Homeless Hospital Encounters by Facility

Hospital Encounters for Homeless Patients

AgeGroup, RaceGroup, Sex, Expected Payer  Note: Unknown age and Unknown sex are not included.  Other Payer includes Workers’ Compensation, Other Government, Title V, Disability, VA Plan, Other Payer, invalid, and missing.

Demographic Category

Demographic Category Value

Year of inpatient hospitalization discharge or emergency department visit.

Year

Count of Homeless inpatient hospitalization discharges or emergency department visits per demographic category value.

Homeless Encounters

Count of All inpatient hospitalization discharges or emergency department visits per demographic category value.

All Encounters

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Inpatient (IP) Hospitalization or Emergency Department (ED) Visit

Encounter Type

The county where the treating hospital is located

Hospital County

OSHPD ID

Facility Name

The name of common ownership and/or association for a group of facilities.  For this product, only health systems which operated three or more hospitals are listed

Health System

The hospital's ownership type (Government, Investor, or Non-Profit)

Hospital Ownership Type

Indicates if hospital has an Urban or Rural (includes Rural/Frontier) designation

Urban Rural Designation

Indicates if the hospital is designated as a teaching hospital

Teaching Hospital Designation

Indicates the hospital's number of licensed beds

Licensed Bed Size

Indicates if the hospital is located in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) for Primary Care

Primary Care Shortage Area

Indicates if the hospital is located in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) for Mental Health Care

Mental Health Shortage Area

Indicates if the data is for Homeless or Non-Homeless encounters

Homeless Indicator

Age, Race, Sex, or (Expected) Payer  Note: Unknown age and Unknown sex are not included.  Other Payer includes Workers’ Compensation, Other Government, Title V, Disability, VA Plan, Other Payer, invalid, and missing

Count of inpatient hospitalizations (i.e., discharges) or emergency department visits

Encounters

Total inpatient hospitalizations or emergency department visits per hospital.  Note: the total hospital encounters may be slightly less for age and sex (versus race and expected payer) due to the exclusion of "Unknown" from age and sex

Total Hospital Encounters

Calculation: Encounters/Total Hospital Encounters x 100

Data Dictionary - Homeless Hospital Encounters by Facility

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