Sticker shock: Inpatient costs soar
December 1, 2000 less than 1 minute read
Sticker shock: Inpatient costs soar
Neonatal complications make top 10
Did you know that in 1997, hospitals charged between $34,000 and $68,000 for the 10 most expensive conditions in inpatient fees alone, exclusive of physicians’ and other professional fees, rehabilitation costs, or outpatient services?
The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in Rockville, MD, recently released national statistics for the top 10 most expensive conditions treated in U.S. hospitals. Of those conditions, four are related to the care of infants with complications, two stem from trauma, and three involve the circulatory system. Leukemia and central nervous system infections also made AHRQ’s top 10.
To download a reproducible chart of conditions with the highest mean charges and corresponding mean lengths of stay, visit http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2000/hospchart1.pdf. The chart is based on data from Hospitalization in the United States, 1997. An on-line edition of that AHRQ fact book is available at http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/factbk1/.
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