HOSP.md

HOSP — Hospitalization

Hospitalization events capture admission type, discharge disposition, and age at admission, providing the encounter-level context for clinical events.

Code Format

HOSP//{concept}//{value}

Component	Description	Values
HOSP	Domain prefix	Fixed
concept	Event type	admission_type, discharge_category, age_charted
value	Category value	Dynamic category from source data

Concept Catalog

Admission type categories: clif_hospitalization_admission_type_categories.csv Discharge categories: clif_hospitalization_discharge_categories.csv

code	Description	Type
HOSP//admission_type//{admission_type_category}	Hospital admission type (category from source data)	text
HOSP//discharge_category//{discharge_category}	Hospital discharge disposition (category from source data)	text
HOSP//age_charted	Age at admission (years)	numeric

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Part of the ELF mCIDE Concept Catalog.