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 Data Set Name        DATASET.PS05                   Observations          115103
 Member Type          DATA                           Variables             30
 Engine               BASE                           Indexes               2
 Created              Wed, Oct 26, 2005 02:26:20 PM  Observation Length    108
 Last Modified        Wed, Oct 26, 2005 02:26:26 PM  Deleted Observations  0
 Protection                                          Compressed            NO
 Data Set Type                                       Sorted                YES
 Label
 Data Representation  MVS_32
 Encoding             open_ed-1047  Western
                      (OpenEdition)


                        Engine/Host Dependent Information

                 Data Set Page Size          27648
                 Number of Data Set Pages    453
                 First Data Page             1
                 Max Obs per Page            255
                 Obs in First Data Page      211
                 Index File Page Size        27648
                 Number of Index File Pages  109
                 Number of Data Set Repairs  0
                 Physical Name               MDPPRD.MDP.SAS.PS05
                 Release Created             9.0101M2
                 Release Last Modified       9.0101M2
                 Created by                  PMDPDELT
                 Last Modified by            PMDPDELT
                 Subextents                  2
                 Total Blocks Used           453


                    Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes

  #   Variable   Type   Len   Format       Label

  2   ADMITDAY   Num      4   DATE9.       DATE OF ADMISSION (SASDATE)
  7   ADTIME     Num      4                TIME OF ADMISSION
 21   ANESTEK    Char     1   $ANESTKL.    ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUE
  3   DISDAY     Num      4   DATE9.       DATE OF DISCHARGE (SASDATE)
  8   DISTIME    Num      4                TIME OF DISCHARGE
 15   DISTYPE    Num      2   DISTYPEL.    TYPE OF DISCHARGE
 30   DXLSF      Char     6                DX LOS - FULL STAY (ICD9) (6-DIGIT)
 16   DXLSF32    Num      2   DX9RL26.     DX LOS - FULL STAY (ICD9) (32-RECODE)
 17   DXLSF120   Char     2   $DX9ANL24.   DX LOS - FULL STAY (ICD9) (120-RECODE)
 13   DXPRIME    Char     6                PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS
 11   NSURG      Num      2                NUMBER OF SURGICAL OPERATIONS
 22   NVASURG    Num      2   NVASURGL.    NON-VA SURGERY
  1   SCRSSN     Num      6   SSN11.       SCRAMBLED SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
 28   SGR1       Num      2   SG999L.      99-RECODE OF SURG9CD1
 10   SGSQ       Num      2                SEQUENTIAL NUMBER OF OPERATION
  6   SRTKEY     Num      4                SORT KEY
 12   SSTA6A     Char     6   $STA6AL.     SUBSTATION OF SURGERY
  5   STA3N      Num      4   STA3NL.      PARENT STATION
  4   SURGDAY    Num      4   DATE9.       DATE OF SURGERY (SASDATE)
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                    Alphabetic List of Variables and Attributes

  #   Variable   Type   Len   Format       Label

 20   SURGNAST   Num      2   SURGNTPL.    CATEGORY OF FIRST SURG. ASSISTANT
 19   SURGNCAT   Char     1   $SGNCATL.    CATEGORY OF CHIEF SURGEON
 18   SURGSPEC   Num      2   BEDSECN.     SURGICAL SPECIALITY
  9   SURGTIME   Num      4                TIME OF SURGERY
 23   SURG9CD1   Char     5                1ST SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
 24   SURG9CD2   Char     5                2ND SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
 25   SURG9CD3   Char     5                3RD SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
 26   SURG9CD4   Char     5                4TH SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
 27   SURG9CD5   Char     5                5TH SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
 29   TSTAT      Num      2   TRANSPL.     TRANSPLANT STATUS
 14   VISN       Num      2                VETS INTEGRATED SVC NETWORK


                    Alphabetic List of Indexes and Attributes

                                               # of
                                             Unique
                              #    Index     Values

                              1    SCRSSN     90806
                              2    STA3N        110


                                 Sort Information

          Sortedby       SCRSSN ADMITDAY ADTIME DISDAY STA3N SRTKEY SGSQ
          Validated      NO
          Character Set  EBCDIC