Sickle Cell Disease Patients in U.S. Hospitals, 2004

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This Statistical Brief presents data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) on nationwide hospitalizations for sickle cell disease from 1994 through 2004. Patient characteristics, outcomes, costs of hospital stays, and associated diagnoses and procedures are examined for patients admitted for sickle cell disease. All differences between estimates noted in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level or better.