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EXHIBIT 5.10 Growth in Discharges for Selected Conditions: Private Insurance PDF

Number of Discharges and Cumulative Growth for Principal CCS Conditions Contributing to Body System Change, Private Insurance, 1997-2007
PRINCIPAL CCS CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO BODY SYSTEM CHANGE NUMBER OF DISCHARGES IN THOUSANDS PERCENT OF BODY SYSTEM TOTAL CUMULATIVE GROWTH
1997 2007 1997 2007 1997-2007
Circulatory 1,789 1,641‡ 100.0% 100.0% -8%
Coronary atherosclerosis (coronary artery disease) 484 313 27.1 19.0 -35
Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) 240 184 13.4 11.2 -23
Cardiac dysrhythmias (irregular heartbeat) 150 188 8.4 11.4 25
Non-specific chest pain 241 275 13.5 16.8 14
Pregnancy and childbirth 2,504 2,494‡ 100.0 100.0 0
Normal pregnancy and/or delivery 288 121 11.5 4.8 -58
Fetal distress and abnormal forces of labor 248 127 9.9 5.1 -49
Previous C-section 168 286 6.7 11.5 70
Prolonged pregnancy 63 126 2.5 5.1 101
Digestive 1,124 1,267 100.0 100.0 13
Diverticulosis and diverticulitis 77 121 6.8 9.5 57
Appendicitis 140 181 12.5 14.3 29
Pancreatic disorders (not diabetes) 73 102 6.5 8.1 41
Respiratory 883 748 100.0 100.0 -15
Asthma 181 126 20.5 16.8 -31
Pneumonia 281 249 31.8 33.3 -11
Respiratory failure 36 65 4.1 8.7 80
Injury and poisoning 873 904‡ 100.0 100.0 4
Complication of surgical procedures or medical care 137 179 15.7 19.8 31
Complication of device, implant or graft 131 164 15.0 18.2 25
Musculoskeletal 531 765 100.0 100.0 44
Osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease) 117 311 22.0 40.7 167
Genitourinary 700 635 100.0 100.0 -9
Acute renal failure 18 68 2.6 10.7 273
Endometriosis 70 41 10.0 6.5 -41
Calculus of urinary tract 108 82 15.4 12.9 -24
Menstrual disorders 57 81 8.2 12.8 42
Infectious and parasitic 178 186‡ 100.0 100.0 5
Septicemia (blood infection) 79 113 44.4 60.7 43
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 124 202 100.0 100.0 63
Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections 104 184 84.1 91.0 76
Blood 88 114 100.0 100.0 31
Anemia 27 47 30.5 41.1 76
‡ 2007 discharges are not statistically different from 1997 discharges at p‹0.05.
Source: AHRQ, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 1997 and 2007.

 

This exhibit displays private insurance discharges for selected conditions with important contributions to growth within each body system.

Hospital stays for some conditions billed to private insurance more than doubled from 1997 to 2007:

  • Acute renal failure more than tripled (273-percent growth).
  • Osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease) more than doubled (167-percent growth).
  • Prolonged pregnancy approximately doubled (101-percent growth).

Hospital stays for several conditions grew at least 50 percent:

  • Respiratory failure rose 80 percent.
  • Anemia and skin and subcutaneous tissue infections each increased 76 percent.
  • Previous C-section was up by percent.
  • Diverticulosis and diverticulitis increased 57 percent.

Hospital stays billed to private insurance declined for several conditions. Decreases in the number of stays for specific conditions correspond with the decline in enrollment in private insurance from 1997 to 2007.10

  • Discharges for two pregnancy and childbirth conditions decreased substantially:
    • Normal pregnancy (58-percent decline).
    • Fetal distress and abnormal forces of labor (declined 49 percent).
  • There was a rapid decrease in the number of stays for two genitourinary conditions:
    • Endometriosis (down 41 percent).
    • Calculus of urinary tract (fell 24 percent).
  • Stays for two circulatory conditions declined rapidly:
    • Coronary arthrosclerosis (coronary artery disease; down 35 percent).
    • Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack; 23-percent decline).
  • The number of stays for two respiratory conditions decreased:
    • Asthma (31-percent decline).
    • Pneumonia (down 11 percent).

 

10 U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey (CPS). Table HIA-1. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage—All Persons by Sex, Race and Hispanic Origin: 1999 to 2007 (http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/data/historical/index.html) (Link no longer available).

 

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Internet Citation: Facts and Figures 2007. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007/exhibit5_10.jsp.
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