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Trends in Hospital Utilization: United States, 1988-92 A report entitled "Trends in Hospital Utilization: United States, 1988-92" was released by the National Center for Health Statistics. This report presents statistics on the utilization of non-Federal short-stay hospitals based on data collected through the National Hospital Discharge Survey for the years 1988-92. The survey is a national sample of hospital records of discharged patients. Estimates are provided by the demographic characteristics of patients discharged, by geographic region of hospitals, and by conditions diagnosed and procedures performed. Measurements of hospital use include frequency, rate, percent, and average length of stay. Data Highlights:
An estimate of 30.9 million patients, excluding newborn infants, were discharged from short-stay non-Federal hospitals in the United States in 1997. This and other inpatient data are presented in a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Inpatients in 1997 used 157.5 million days of hospital care. The average length of stay was 5.1 days and the discharge rate was 114.3 per 1,000 civilian population. These statistics, along with other inpatient data by diagnoses, procedures, sex, age, and geographic region, are presented in the NCHS report "National Hospital Discharge Survey: Annual Summary, 1997." Highlights Include:
Keywords: hospitalization, inpatient, diagnoses, procedures
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January 11, 2007
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