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 Data Set Name        DATASET.PS06                   Observations          113339
 Member Type          DATA                           Variables             28
 Engine               BASE                           Indexes               2
 Created              Saturday, October 21,          Observation Length    104
                      2006 12:37:19 PM
 Last Modified        Saturday, October 21,          Deleted Observations  0
                      2006 12:37:22 PM
 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    429
                 First Data Page             1
                 Max Obs per Page            265
                 Obs in First Data Page      222
                 Index File Page Size        27648
                 Number of Index File Pages  108
                 Number of Data Set Repairs  0
                 Physical Name               MDPPRD.MDP.SAS.PS06
                 Release Created             9.0101M2
                 Release Last Modified       9.0101M2
                 Created by                  PMDPDELT
                 Last Modified by            PMDPDELT
                 Subextents                  2
                 Total Blocks Used           429


                   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
 19  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
 28  DXLSF     Char    6             PRIMARY DX LOS - FULL STAY (ICD9) (6-DIGIT)
 13  DXPRIME   Char    6             PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS
 11  NSURG     Num     2             NUMBER OF SURGICAL OPERATIONS
 20  NVASURG   Num     2  NVASURGL.  NON-VA SURGERY
  1  SCRSSN    Num     6  SSN11.     SCRAMBLED SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
 26  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

 18  SURGNAST  Num     2  SURGNTPL.  CATEGORY OF FIRST SURG. ASSISTANT
 17  SURGNCAT  Char    1  $SGNCATL.  CATEGORY OF CHIEF SURGEON
 16  SURGSPEC  Num     2  BEDSECN.   SURGICAL SPECIALITY
  9  SURGTIME  Num     4             TIME OF SURGERY
 21  SURG9CD1  Char    5             1ST SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
 22  SURG9CD2  Char    5             2ND SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
 23  SURG9CD3  Char    5             3RD SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
 24  SURG9CD4  Char    5             4TH SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
 25  SURG9CD5  Char    5             5TH SURGERY CODE  (ICDA9)
 27  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     89776
                              2    STA3N        110


                                 Sort Information

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