Hospital Stays for Circulatory Diseases, 2004

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This Statistical Brief presents data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) on the hospital treatment of circulatory diseases in 2004. The usage and expense of hospital stays for circulatory diseases are compared with hospital stays for all conditions. Additionally, the most common circulatory diseases resulting in hospital admission are described, and variations in hospital utilization are illustrated by payer. All differences between estimates noted in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level or better.