National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) Publications and Reports

Selected articles using NHDS data

• Comparability Between the Rates for All-listed Inpatient Procedures Using National Hospital Discharge Survey and Medicare Claims, 1999 and 2007 [PDF - 257 KB]
• Selected articles using National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) or National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (NSAS) data [PDF - 318 KB]

National Hospital Discharge Survey Reports and Tabulations

Persons with disabilities who experience problems accessing PDF files should contact nchsed@cdc.gov or call 301-458-4688.

2015

• Hospitalization for Total Knee Replacement Among Inpatients Aged 45 and Over: United States, 2000–2010
  Data Brief No. 210
• Hospitalization for Total Hip Replacement Among Inpatients Aged 45 and Over: United States, 2000–2010
  Data Brief No. 186
• Hospitalizations for Patients Aged 85 and Over in the United States, 2000–2010
  Data Brief No. 182
  
  

2014

• Rural Residents Who Are Hospitalized in Rural and Urban Hospitals: United States, 2010
  Data Brief No.159
• Rural and Urban Hospitals' Role in Providing Inpatient Care, 2010
  Data Brief No.147

2013

• Trends in Circumcision for Male Newborns in U.S. Hospitals: 1979–2010
• Trends in Inpatient Hospital Deaths: National Hospital Discharge Survey, 2000–2010
  Data Brief No.118

2010

• Hospitalization for Congestive Heart Failure: United States, 2000–2010
  Data Brief No. 108

2009

• Hospitalization for Stroke in U.S. Hospitals, 1989–2009
  Data Brief No. 95

2008

• Inpatient Care for Septicemia or Sepsis: A Challenge for Patients and Hospitals
  Data Brief No. 62

2007

• National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2007 Summary [PDF - 403 KB]
  National Health Statistics Reports No. 29

2006

• National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2006 Annual Summary [PDF - 2.3 MB]
• 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 433 KB]
  National Health Statistics Reports No. 5

2005

• 2005 National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 433 KB]
  Advance Data No. 385
• National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2005 Annual Summary With Detailed Diagnosis and Procedure Data [PDF - 433 KB]
  Series 13, No. 165

2004

• National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2004 Annual Summary With Detailed Diagnosis and Procedure Data [PDF - 433 KB]
  Series 13, No. 162
• 2004 National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 783 KB]
  Advance Data No. 371

2003

• National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2003 Annual Summary With Detailed Diagnosis and Procedure Data [PDF - 8.5 MB]
  Series 13, No. 160
• 2003 National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 694 KB]
  Advance Data No. 359

2002

• National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2002 Annual Summary With Detailed Diagnosis and Procedure Data [PDF - 1.4 MB]
  Series 13, No. 158
• 2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 1.4 MB]
  Advance Data No. 342

2001

• National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2001 Annual Summary With Detailed Diagnosis and Procedure Data [PDF - 4.1 MB]
  Series 13, No. 156
• 2001 National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 1.2 MB]
  Advance Data No. 332

2000

• National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2000 Annual Summary With Detailed Diagnosis and Procedure Data [PDF - 3.6 MB]
  Series 13, No. 153
• 2000 National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 1.1 MB]
  Advance Data No. 329

1999

• 1999 National Hospital Discharge Survey: Annual Summary with Detailed Diagnosis and Procedure Data [PDF - 3 MB]
  Series 13, No. 151
• 1999 National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 553 KB]
  Advance Data No. 319

1998

• National Hospital Discharge Survey: Annual Summary, 1998 [PDF - 971 KB]
  Series 13, No. 148
• 1998 Summary: National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 119 KB]
  Advance Data No. 316

1997

• Detailed Diagnoses and Procedures, National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1997 [PDF - 1 MB]
  Series 13, No. 145
• National Hospital Discharge Survey: Annual Summary, 1997 [PDF - 372 KB]
  Series 13, No. 144
• 1997 Summary: National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 105 KB]
  Advance Data No. 308

1996

• National Hospital Discharge Survey: Annual Summary, 1996 [PDF - 348 KB]
  Series 13, No. 140
• Detailed Diagnoses and Procedures, National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1996 [PDF - 753 KB]
  Series 13, No. 138
• Hospitalizations for Injury: United States, 1996 [PDF - 78 KB]
  Advance Data No. 318
• 1996 Summary: National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 85 KB]
  Advance Data No. 301

1995

• National Hospital Discharge Survey: Annual Summary, 1995 [PDF - 367 KB]
  Series 13, No. 133
• Detailed Diagnoses and Procedures, National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1995 [PDF - 640 KB]
  Series 13, No. 130
• 1995 Summary: National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 84 KB]
  Advance Data No. 291

1994

• National Hospital Discharge Survey: Annual Summary, 1994 [PDF - 396 KB]
  Series 13, No. 128
• Detailed Diagnoses and Procedures, National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1994 [PDF - 590 KB]
  Series 13, No. 127
• 1994 Summary: National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 115 KB]
  Advance Data No. 278

1993

• Detailed Diagnoses and Procedures, National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1993 [PDF - 1 MB]
  Series 13, No. 122
• National Hospital Discharge Survey: Annual Summary, 1993 [PDF - 410 KB]
  Series 13, No. 121
• 1993 Summary: National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 95 KB]
  Advance Data No. 264

1992

• National Hospital Discharge Survey: Annual Summary, 1992 [PDF - 4.9 MB]
  Series 13, No. 119
• Detailed Diagnoses and Procedures, National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1992 [PDF - 23 MB]
  Series 13, No. 118
• 1992 Summary: National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 1.6 MB]
  Advance Data No. 249

1991

• Detailed Diagnoses and Procedures, National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1991 [PDF - 2.3 MB]
  Series 13, No. 115
• National Hospital Discharge Survey: Annual Summary, 1991 [PDF - 4.9 MB]
• Series 13, No. 114
• Hospitalizations for Injury and Poisoning in the United States, 1991 [PDF - 1.3 MB]
  Advance Data No. 252
• 1991 Summary: National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 1.6 MB]
  Advance Data No. 227 Errata Sheet [PDF - 389 KB]

1990

• Detailed Diagnoses and Procedures, National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1990 [PDF - 18 MB]
  Series 13, No. 113
• National Hospital Discharge Survey: Annual Summary, 1990 [PDF - 4.9 MB]
  Series 13, No. 112.
• Expected Principal Source of Payment for Hospital Discharges, 1990 [PDF - 1.9 MB]
  Advance Data No. 220
• 1990 Summary: National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 1.6 MB]
  Advance Data No. 210

For additional NHDS reports prior to 1990, see the browse publications page.

NHDS Special Topic Reports

• Factors Influencing Rural Residents' Utilization of Urban Hospitals [PDF - 191 KB]
  National Health Statistics Report No. 31
• Design and Operation of the National Hospital Discharge Survey: 1988 Redesign [PDF - 1 MB]
  Series 1, No. 39
• Underreporting of Race in the National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 1.4 MB]
  Advance Data No. 265
• Trends in Hospital Utilization: United States, 1988-92 [PDF - 578 KB]
  Series 13, No. 124
• Estimates From Two Survey Designs: National Hospital Discharge Survey [PDF - 5.1 MB]
  Series 13, No. 111
• Trends in Hospital Utilization: United States, 1965-86 [PDF - 4.6 MB]
  Series 13, No. 101
• Hysterectomies in the United States, 1965-84 [PDF - 2.4 MB]
  Series 13, No. 92
• Utilization of Short-Stay Hospitals by Diagnosis-Related Groups, United States, 1980-84 [PDF - 4 MB]
  Series 13, No. 87
• Adjustment of Hospital Utilization Rates, United States, 1965-80 [PDF - 2.4 MB]
  Series 13, No. 81
• Long-Stay Patients in Short-Stay Hospitals [PDF - 2 MB]
  Advance Data No. 229

NCHS Health E-Stats

• Decreasing Hospital Use for HIV
• Longer Hospital Stays for Childbirth

News Releases and Fact Sheets

• Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures

Combined NHDS and NSAS Data

• Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States, 1996 [PDF - 837 KB]
  Series 13, No. 139
• Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States, 1995 [PDF - 739 KB]
  Series 13, No. 135
• Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States, 1994 [PDF - 788 KB]
  Series 13, No. 132