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The Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample
- Alternate Title(s)
- NASS
- Description
The largest all-payer ambulatory surgery database in the United States, the Nationwide Ambulatory Surgery Sample (NASS) produces national estimates of major ambulatory surgery encounters in hospital-owned facilities. The NASS contains clinical and resource-use information that is included in a typical hospital-owned facility record, including patient characteristics, clinical diagnostic and surgical procedure codes, disposition of patients, total charges, expected source of payment, and facility characteristics.
- Subject
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Medicine & Health
- Geographic Coverage
- United States
- Access Rights
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