HCUP Facts and Figures

TABLE OF CONTENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

INTRODUCTION

HCUP PARTNERS

1. OVERVIEW

2. DIAGNOSES

3. PROCEDURES

4. COSTS

5. MHSA

SOURCES/METHODS

DEFINITIONS

FOR MORE INFO

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CITATION

FACTS & FIGURES 2008 PDF

EXHIBIT 4.3 Cost by Age (PDF)

Distribution of aggregate costs by age, 2008. Column chart. Percent distribution. All discharges. Less than 1: 5%; 1 to 17: 3%; 18 to 44: 18%; 45 to 64: 30%; 65 to 84: 35%; 85 and over: 8%. Non-maternal, non-neonatal discharges. 1 to 17: 3%; 18 to 44: 15%; 45 to 64: 34%; 65 to 84: 39%; 85 and over: 9%.

In 2008, the aggregate cost for all hospital stays was $364.7 billion.

Non-elderly adult discharges accounted for less than half (48 percent) of the aggregate cost of all inpatient stays, including maternal and neonatal stays.
Patients 65-84 years accounted for 35 percent of all hospital costs.
Discharges among patients 45-64 and 65-84 years accounted for larger shares of aggregate non-maternal, non-neonatal costs (34 and 39 percent, respectively) relative to other age groups.

Average cost per discharge by age, 2008. Bar chart. Average cost. All discharges. Less than 1: $3,600; 1 to 17: $7,300; 18 to 44: $6,700; 45 to 64: $11,600; 65 to 84: $11,900; 85 and over: $9,400. Non-maternal, non-neonatal discharges. 1 to 17: $7,800; 18 to 44: $9,100; 45 to 64: $11,600; 65 to 84: $11,900; 85 and over: $9,400. All ages, all discharges: $9,100.

Stays for patients under one year of age had an average cost of $3,600. The overwhelming majority of these discharges were liveborn infants.
On average, the cost per discharge for all patients 1-17 years ($7,300) was less than the average cost per discharge across all age groups ($9,100).
When maternal hospital stays were excluded, the average cost of a discharge for patients 18-44 years changed from $6,700 to $9,100.
The average cost per discharge for patients 45-64 years and 65-84 years were similar—$11,600 and $11,900, respectively— and were greater than the cost per discharge across all age groups ($9,100).
The average cost per discharge for patients 85 years and over was $9,400.

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