A nationwide survey of hospital costs conducted by the US Agency for Healthcare consists of hospital records of inpatient samples. The given data is restricted to the city of Wisconsin and relates to patients in the age group 0-17 years. The agency wants to analyze the data to research on the healthcare costs and their utilization.
AGE : Age of the patient discharged
FEMALE : Binary variable that indicates if the patient is female
LOS : Length of stay, in days
RACE : Race of the patient (specified numerically)
TOTCHG : Hospital discharge costs
APRDRG : All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups