Potentially Preventable Pediatric Hospital Stays
(Picture of AHRQ Logo) In 2017 8% of 1.3 Million Nonobstetric Pediatric Hospital Stays Were Considered Potentially Preventable Represents about $562 Million in Hospital Costs Source: AHRQ, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #259, Characteristics and Costs of Potentially Preventable Inpatient Stays, 2017. https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb259-Potentially-Preventable-Hospitalizations-2017.jsp HCUP Data Partners can be found at: www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/partners.jsp. |
Internet Citation: Potentially Preventable Pediatric Hospital Stays Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). March 2021. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/infographics/pedhosp.jsp. |
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