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HCUP Facts and Figures 2008 - Section 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

INTRODUCTION

HCUP PARTNERS

1. OVERVIEW

2. DIAGNOSES

3. PROCEDURES

4. COSTS

5. MHSA

SOURCES/METHODS

DEFINITIONS

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CITATION

FACTS & FIGURES 2008 PDF
SECTION 3: INPATIENT HOSPITAL STAYS BY PROCEDURE



HIGHLIGHTS
  • The number of discharges with procedures increased from 21.3 million in 1997 to 25.1 million in 2008, an 18-percent increase.
  • Blood transfusion occurred in over ten percent of all hospital stays that included a procedure and was the most frequently performed procedure in 2008.
  • Episiotomy fell from the list of top procedures, dropping in rank from eighth in 1997 to thirty-first in 2008, a 60-percent decrease.
  • C-section was the most frequent major operating room procedure—performed on 1.4 million women in 2008, up from 800,000 in 1997. PTCA—a procedure involving the use of a balloon-tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowed artery—grew 56 percent from 1997 to 2006. Between 2006 and 2008, however, there was a 17-percent decline in discharges with this procedure.
  • Discharges with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures declined 38 percent between 1997 and 2008.
  • Respiratory intubation and mechanical ventilation grew rapidly from 1997 to 2008 among 45-64 year olds (123 percent), 65-84 year olds (45 percent), and seniors 85 years and older (89 percent).
  • Although hysterectomies and oophorectomies increased during the 5-year period from 1997-2002, these female-specific procedures declined in subsequent years. Over the 1997 to 2008 period, hysterectomies decreased by 13 percent and oophorectomies by 21 percent.


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Internet Citation: Facts and Figures 2008 - Section 3 Table of Contents. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). October 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2008/section3_TOC.jsp.
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