HCUP Facts and Figures: Statistics on Hospital-based Care in the United States, 2007 presents information derived from the 2007 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), with trend information as far back as 1993. This report includes information from the 2007 database containing discharge records for all patients treated in a sample of approximately 1,000 hospitals. These discharges are weighted to represent all inpatient stays in community hospitals across the nation. Community hospitals include all non-Federal, short-term, acute care hospitals; psychiatric and substance abuse facilities and short-term rehabilitation hospitals are not included.

Contents

• HIGHLIGHTS
• INTRODUCTION
• HCUP AND ITS DATA PARTNERS
• 1. OVERVIEW STATISTICS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL STAYS
  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • EXHIBIT 1.1. Characteristics of U.S. Community Hospitals
  • EXHIBIT 1.2. Inpatient Hospital Stays and Average Length of Stay
  • EXHIBIT 1.3. Reasons for Hospital Stays
  • EXHIBIT 1.4. Discharge Status
  • EXHIBIT 1.5. Patient Age
• 2. INPATIENT HOSPITAL STAYS BY DIAGNOSIS
  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • EXHIBIT 2.1. Most Frequent Principal Diagnoses
  • EXHIBIT 2.2. Most Frequent Principal Diagnoses by Age
  • EXHIBIT 2.3. Most Frequent Principal Diagnoses by Gender
  • EXHIBIT 2.4. Most Frequent Comorbidities
• 3. INPATIENT HOSPITAL STAYS BY PROCEDURE
  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • EXHIBIT 3.1. Most Frequent All-listed Procedures
  • EXHIBIT 3.2. Most Frequent All-listed Procedures by Age
  • EXHIBIT 3.3. Most Frequent All-listed Procedures by Gender
• 4. COSTS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL STAYS
  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • EXHIBIT 4.1. Cost by Body System
  • EXHIBIT 4.2. Cost by Diagnosis
• 5. PAYERS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL STAYS
  • HIGHLIGHTS
  • EXHIBIT 5.1. Discharges by Payer
  • EXHIBIT 5.2. Average Length of Stay by Payer
  • EXHIBIT 5.3. Discharge Status by Payer
  • EXHIBIT 5.4. Patient Age by Payer
  • EXHIBIT 5.5. Costs by Payer
  • EXHIBIT 5.6. Reasons for Hospital Stays by Payer
  • EXHIBIT 5.7. Growth in Body System Conditions: All Payers
  • EXHIBIT 5.8. Growth in Discharges for Selected Conditions: Medicare
  • EXHIBIT 5.9. Growth in Discharges for Selected Conditions: Medicaid
  • EXHIBIT 5.10. Growth in Discharges for Selected Conditions: Private Insurance
  • EXHIBIT 5.11. Growth in Discharges for Selected Conditions: Uninsured
• SOURCES AND METHODS
• DEFINITIONS
• FOR MORE INFORMATION
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Suggested citation:

Levit K (Thomson Reuters), Wier L (Thomson Reuters), Stranges E (Thomson Reuters), Ryan K (Thomson Reuters), Elixhauser A (AHRQ). HCUP Facts and Figures: Statistics on Hospital-based Care in the United States, 2007. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2009 (http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports.jsp).