National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2007 Summary

This report presents data from the 2007 National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS). The survey has been conducted continuously by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) since 1965. NHDS is the principal source for national data on the characteristics of discharges from nonfederal short-stay hospitals. National estimates of hospital use derived from NHDS are published annually by NCHS.