Inpatient
Procedures
( Data
are for year indicated )
Total number of procedures performed: 44.9
million
Number of
selected procedures performed:
Arteriography
and angiocardiography using contrast material: 2.0 million
Cardiac
catheterizations: 1.2 million
Endoscopy
of small intestine with or without biopsy: 1.1 million
Computerized
axial tomography (CAT scans): 811,000
Diagnostic
ultrasound: 884,000
Balloon
angioplasty of coronary artery or coronary atherectomy: 645,000
Hysterectomy:
575,000
Reduction
of fracture: 621,000
Endoscopy
of large intestine with or without biopsy: 556,000
Insertion of
coronary artery stents: 620,000
Coronary
artery bypass graft: 466,000
Total
knee replacement: 534,000
Total
hip replacement: 235,000
Source:
2005 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Tables 1, 4, 8
More data
Discharges
with at least one procedure in non-federal short-stay hospitals, by sex,
age, and selected procedures ,
1994-1995 and 2004-2005 Health
United States,
2007, Table 102
Rate
of all-listed procedures for discharges from short-stay hospitals by
procedure category and age
2005 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Table 9
Related
links
National
Hospital Discharge Survey
American
College of Surgeons
American
Hospital Association
This page last reviewed
March 31, 2008