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, 8
- Percent of persons with overnight hospital stays: 8.2%
Hospital outpatient department care
- Number of outpatient department visits: 102.2 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
More Data
- Discharge rate and average length of stay in non-federal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses: 1990-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 104
- Discharges, days of care, and average length of stay in non-federal short-stay hospitals, by selected characteristics: 1980-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 102
- Discharges in non-federal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses: 1990-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 103
- Health Data Interactive
- Persons with hospital stays in the past year, by selected characteristics: 1997-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 101
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