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Hospital Utilization
(in non-Federal short-stay hospitals)

(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)

Hospital inpatient care

bullet graphicNumber of discharges: 34.9 million

bullet graphicDischarges 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

bullet graphicNumber 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

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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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