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Data Set Name: PS00.PS00                           Observations:         109088
Member Type:   DATA                                Variables:            30
Engine:        V6                                  Indexes:              2
Created:       14:19 Saturday, November 18, 2000   Observation Length:   105
Last Modified: 14:19 Saturday, November 18, 2000   Deleted Observations: 0
Protection:                                        Compressed:           NO
Data Set Type:                                     Sorted:               YES
Label:
                  -----Engine/Host Dependent Information-----
                Data Set Page Size:         27648
                Number of Data Set Pages:   417
                First Data Page:            1
                Max Obs per Page:           262
                Obs in First Data Page:     224
                Index File Page Size:       27648
                Number of Index File Pages: 101
                Number of Data Set Repairs: 0
                Physical Name:              MDPPRD.MDP.SAS.PS00
                Release Created:            6.090460
                Release Last Modified:      6.090460
                Created by:                 PMDPDELT
                Last Modified by:           PMDPDELT
                Subextents:                 1
                Total Blocks Used:          417
             -----Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes-----
   # Variable Type Len Pos Format     Label
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2 ADMITDAY Num    4   6 DATE9.     DATE OF ADMISSION (SASDATE)
   7 ADTIME   Num    4  26            TIME OF ADMISSION
  21 ANESTEK  Char   1  67 $ANESTKL.  ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUE
   3 DISDAY   Num    4  10 DATE9.     DATE OF DISCHARGE (SASDATE)
   8 DISTIME  Num    4  30            TIME OF DISCHARGE
  15 DISTYPE  Num    2  56 DISTYPEL.  TYPE OF DISCHARGE
  30 DXLSF    Char   6  99            DX LOS - FULL STAY (ICD9) (6-DIGIT)
  16 DXLSF32  Num    2  58 DX9RL26.   DX LOS - FULL STAY (ICD9) (32-RECODE)
  17 DXLSF120 Char   2  60 $DX9ANL24. DX LOS - FULL STAY (ICD9) (120-RECODE)
  13 DXPRIME  Char   6  48            PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS
  11 NSURG    Num    2  40            NUMBER OF SURGICAL OPERATIONS
  22 NVASURG  Num    2  68 NVASURGL.  NON-VA SURGERY
   1 SCRSSN   Num    6   0 SSN11.     SCRAMBLED SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
  28 SGR1     Num    2  95 SG999L.    99-RECODE OF SURG9CD1
  10 SGSQ     Num    2  38            SEQUENTIAL NUMBER OF OPERATION
   6 SRTKEY   Num    4  22            SORT KEY
  12 SSTA6A   Char   6  42 $STA6AL.   SUBSTATION OF SURGERY
   5 STA3N    Num    4  18 STA3NL.    PARENT STATION
   4 SURGDAY  Num    4  14 DATE9.     DATE OF SURGERY (SASDATE)
  20 SURGNAST Num    2  65 SURGNTPL.  CATEGORY OF FIRST SURG. ASSISTANT
  19 SURGNCAT Char   1  64 $SGNCATL.  CATEGORY OF CHIEF SURGEON

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             -----Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes-----
   # Variable Type Len Pos Format     Label
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  18 SURGSPEC Num    2  62 BEDSECN.   SURGICAL SPECIALITY
   9 SURGTIME Num    4  34            TIME OF SURGERY
  23 SURG9CD1 Char   5  70            1ST SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
  24 SURG9CD2 Char   5  75            2ND SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
  25 SURG9CD3 Char   5  80            3RD SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
  26 SURG9CD4 Char   5  85            4TH SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
  27 SURG9CD5 Char   5  90            5TH SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
  29 TSTAT    Num    2  97 TRANSPL.   TRANSPLANT STATUS
  14 VISN     Num    2  54            VETS INTEGRATED SVC NETWORK
              -----Alphabetic List of Indexes and Attributes-----
                                              # of
                                            Unique
                             #    Index     Values
                             ---------------------
                             1    SCRSSN     84085
                             2    STA3N        118
                          -----Sort Information-----
        Sortedby:      SCRSSN ADMITDAY ADTIME DISDAY STA3N SRTKEY SGSQ
        Validated:     NO
        Character Set: EBCDIC