Hospital Utilization among Oldest Adults, 2008

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This Statistical Brief presents data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) comparing patient characteristics and hospital utilization among the oldest adults, ages 75–84 and 85 plus, to those adults ages 65–74. In addition, this report examines the diagnoses most often associated with elderly hospitalizations and the procedures that are performed most frequently during these stays. All differences between estimates noted in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level or better.