Hospital Utilization
(in non-Federal short-stay hospitals)

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Hospital inpatient care

• Number of discharges: 36.1 million
• Discharges per 10,000 population: 1,181.2
• Average length of stay in days: 4.9

Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2009 table, Number and rate of hospital discharges [PDF - 146 KB]

• Number of procedures performed: 48.0 million

Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2009 table, Procedures by selected patient characteristics - Number by procedure category and age [PDF - 168 KB]

• Percent of persons with overnight hospital stays: 7.9%

Source: Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2010, Appendix III, table XV [PDF - 983 KB]

 

Hospital outpatient department care

• Number of outpatient department visits: 109.9 million
• Outpatient visits per 100 persons: 36.8

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2008 Outpatient Department Summary Tables, table 1 [PDF - 343 KB]

 

Hospital emergency department care

• Number of emergency department visits: 123.8 million
• Emergency department visits per 100 persons: 41.4
• Number of emergency department visits resulting in hospital admission: 16.6 million
• Number of emergency department visits resulting in admission to critical care unit: 2.1 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2008 Emergency Department Summary Tables, tables 1, 23 [PDF - 549 KB]

 

More Data

• Average length of stay in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 106 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Discharges, days of care, and average length of stay in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by selected characteristics Health, United States, 2011, table 103 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Discharges in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 104 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Discharge rate in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 105 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Emergency Department Visits
• Persons with hospital stays in the past year, by selected characteristics Health, United States, 2011, table 102 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Search Tables for Hospital Utilization in Health Data Interactive