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            | MEPS HC016D CODEBOOK |  
            | 1997 Hospital Inpatient Stays File |  
            | DATE:September 20, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | NUMNIGHT |  
            | Description: | NUMBER OF NIGHTS STAYED AT PROVIDER |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 74 |  
            | End: | 75 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED | 29 | 170,635 |  
            | -8 DK | 39 | 303,198 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE | 3,453 | 26,170,137 |  
            | 1-91 NUMBER OF NIGHTS | 189 | 1,268,199 |  
            | TOTAL | 3,710 | 27,912,169 |  
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