Diagnostic Groups with Rapidly Increasing Costs, by Payer, 2001–2007

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This Statistical Brief presents data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) and identifies which ten conditions generated the most rapidly increasing hospital costs between 2001 and 2007. Hospital costs tend to reflect the actual costs of production (excluding physician expenses). Information is presented for four payer groups: Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and self-pay (uninsured). All differences between estimates provided in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level or better. Costs for 2001 were adjusted to 2007 dollars using the overall Consumer Price Index (CPI).