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. 2013 Mar:(118):1-8.

Trends in inpatient hospital deaths: National Hospital Discharge Survey, 2000-2010

Margaret Jean Hall  1 , Shaleah Levant, Carol J DeFrances
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  • PMID: 23742820
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Trends in inpatient hospital deaths: National Hospital Discharge Survey, 2000-2010

Margaret Jean Hall et al. NCHS Data Brief. 2013 Mar.
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Abstract

In 2000, there were 2.4 million deaths in the United States, and in 2010 there were 2.5 million (1,2). In both years, about one-third of these deaths occurred in short-stay, general hospitals (3), despite research that found that most Americans prefer to die in their own homes (4-6). This report presents National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) data from 2000 through 2010 on patients who died during hospitalization.

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