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

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

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, 2007, Appendix III, Table XV

 

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: 1997-2006
• Discharges, days of care, and average length of stay in non-federal short-stay hospitals, by selected characteristics: 1980-2006
• Discharges in non-federal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses: 1990-2006
• Discharges and average length of stay in non-federal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses: 1990-2006
• Source: Health, United States, 2008, Tables 101, 102, 103, 104
• Health Data Interactive