TABLE OF CONTENTS
HIGHLIGHTS
INTRODUCTION
HCUP PARTNERS
1. OVERVIEW
2. DIAGNOSES
3. PROCEDURES
4. COSTS
5. WOMEN'S HEALTH
SOURCES/METHODS
DEFINITIONS
FOR MORE INFO
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CITATION
FACTS & FIGURES 2009 PDF
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SECTION 1: OVERVIEW STATISTICS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL STAYS
HIGHLIGHTS
- The number of hospital stays increased from 34.7 million in 1997 to 39.4 million in 2009, a 14-percent increase overall, or an average annual increase of 1.1 percent. However, the rate of hospitalizations remained unchanged between 1997 and 2009: there were 1,278 hospital stays for every 10,000 persons in the United States in 1997 and 1,284 stays per 10,000 persons in 2009.
- Between 1997 and 2009, the aggregate inflation-adjusted costs for hospitalizations—the actual costs of producing hospital services—increased 57 percent. Costs rose from $229.6 billion to $361.5 billion—an average annual increase of 3.9 percent.
- The average length of stay (ALOS) in 2009 (4.6 days) was almost 20-percent shorter than in 1993 (5.7 days). The ALOS declined throughout most of the 1990s and has remained unchanged since 2000.
- In 2009, Medicare and Medicaid were the expected primary payers for more than half (57 percent) of all inpatient hospital stays (accounting for 14.7 and 8.0 million hospital stays, respectively).
- Between 1997 and 2009, uninsured and Medicaid stays (both up 42 percent) grew at three times the rate of all stays.
- The number of stays billed to Medicare grew by 17 percent from 1997 to 2009, while private insurance was unchanged.
- The number of discharges to home health care grew by 68 percent between 1997 and 2009.
- Uninsured and Medicaid stays accounted for over half (52 percent) of all stays discharged against medical advice, but only one-quarter (26 percent) of all other stays.
- Persons residing in the poorest communities had a 19-percent higher rate of hospitalization in 2009 (1,420 stays per 10,000 population) than those residing in all other communities (1,189 stays per 10,000 population).
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