Hospitalizations for Birth Defects, 2004

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This Statistical Brief provides data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) on hospital care for birth defects in 2004. Hospital utilization and costs for the treatment of birth defects are compared with hospital stays for all other non-obstetrical conditions. Additionally, the most common birth defects resulting in hospital admission are described. Finally, changes in the hospitalization rate for birth defects between 1997 and 2004 are examined. All differences between estimates noted in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level or better.