HILDA Online Data Dictionary Release 24

Variable

mphdayin

Label

K46 Hospital day patient admission type

Form

CPQ/NPQ

Question No.

K46

Questionnaire Text

Think now of the last time you were admitted as a day patient. Were you admitted as a public patient, as a private patient in a private hospital, or as a private patient in a public hospital?

Population

Day admissions to hospital in past 12 months

Subject Area

HEALTH - Doctor and hospital visits

Survey Wave

Data File

Responding Person File

Frequency

phdayin	RP
[-1] Not asked	15335
[-3] Dont know	10
[-4] Refused/Not stated	1
[1] Public (Medicare) patient	966
[2] Private patient in a private hospital	1012
[3] Private patient in a public hospital	163
[8] Other	13

Notes

Variable Occurrence

W4 W9 W13 W17 W21

Value	Label
1	Public (Medicare) patient
2	Private patient in a private hospital
3	Private patient in a public hospital
8	Other

Missing data values

-1	Not asked
-2	Not applicable
-3	Dont know
-4	Refused/Not stated
-5	Multiple response SCQ
-6	Implausible value
-7	Not able to be determined
-8	No SCQ
-9	Non-responding household
-10	Non-responding person