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Review

Most Frequent Conditions in U.S. Hospitals, 2010

Anne Pfuntner, Lauren M Wier, Carol Stocks
In: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Briefs [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2006 Feb. Statistical Brief #148.
2013 Jan.
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Most Frequent Conditions in U.S. Hospitals, 2010

Anne Pfuntner et al.
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Excerpt

This Statistical Brief presents data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) on the most common principal diagnoses in 2010 for all hospital stays in the United States, as well as for stays by age and primary payer. Changes in the overall number of stays and the rate of hospitalization in the population are presented for the most common conditions in 1997 and 2010. All differences between estimates noted in the text are statistically significant at the .001 level or better.

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