Hospitalization in the United States, 2002
By: Chaya T. Merrill, Anne Elixhauser.
Contributors: Elixhauser, A. 1955-; United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Series: HCUP fact book -- no. 6; AHRQ publication -- no. 05-0056
Publisher: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Rockville, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Hospital utilization -- United States -- Statistics; Hospital utilization -- United States; Hospitalization -- statistics & numerical data -- United States; Economics, Hospital -- statistics & numerical data -- United States
Genres: Statistics.
Notes: "June 2005."

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Table of contents: title: Executive summary.; title: Foreword.; title: Contributors.; title: Introduction.; title: Overview of hospitals in the United States.; title: Who is admitted to the hospital?; title: Why are patients admitted to the hospital?; title: How are patients admitted to the hospital?; title: How much do hospitals charge?; title: Who is billed for hospital care?; title: How are patients discharged from the hospital?; title: Source of data for this report.; title: Methods.; title: References.; title: For more information.; title: Appendix: 2002 statistics on stays in U.S. hospitals, principal diagnosis.