Hospital Utilization (Data are for U.S. for year indicated) Hospital inpatient care Number of discharges: 34.9 million Discharges per 10,000 population: 1,168.7 Average length of stay in days: 4.8 Number of procedures performed: 46 million Source: 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Tables 1, 4, 8 Percent of persons with overnight hospital stays: 8.2 Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2006, Table 17 Hospital outpatient department care Number of outpatient department visits: 102 million Outpatient visits per 100 persons: 34.7 Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Department Summary, Table 1 Hospital emergency department care Number of emergency department visits: 119.2 million Emergency department visits per 100 persons: 40.5 Number of emergency department visits resulting in hospital admission: 15.3 million Number of emergency department visits resulting in admission to critical care unit: 2.3 million Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary, Table 1, 21 22 More Data Persons with Hospital stays in the past year, by selected characteristics: 1997-2005 Discharges, days of care, and average length of stay in non-federal short-stay hospitals, by selected characteristics: 1980-2005 Discharges and average length of stay in non-federal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses: 1990-2005 Discharges and days of care in non-federal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses: 1990-2005 Source: Health, United States, 2007, Tables 98, 99, 100, 101
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