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TABLE OF CONTENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

INTRODUCTION

HCUP PARTNERS

1. OVERVIEW

2. DIAGNOSES

3. PROCEDURES

4. COSTS

5. WOMEN'S HEALTH

SOURCES/METHODS

DEFINITIONS

FOR MORE INFO

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CITATION

FACTS & FIGURES 2009 PDF

EXHIBIT 2.3 Most Frequent Secondary Diagnoses (PDF)

Percent of all hospital stays with common secondary diagnoses, 1997 and 2009. Bar chart. Percent of stays with secondary diagnoses. Hypertension: 1997: 20%; 2009: 31%; hyperlipidemia: 1997: 5%; 2009: 20%; fluid and electrolyte disorders: 1997: 11%; 2009: 17%; coronary atherosclerosis: 1997: 12%; 2009: 15%; diabetes mellitus without complications: 1997: 8%; 2009: 15%; anemia: 1997: 8%; 2009: 14%; cardiac dysrhythmias: 1997: 9%; 2009: 12%; esophageal disorders: 1997: 3%; 2009: 12%; mood disorders: 1997: 3%; 2009: 10%. Note: Excludes stays related to pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn infants. Source: AHRQ, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 1997 and 2009.

From 1997 to 2009, there was a substantial increase in the share of stays with a secondary diagnosis of hypertension (from 20 to 31 percent).
Stays with a secondary diagnosis of hyperlipidemia increased from 5 percent in 1997 to 20 percent in 2009.
The percent of stays with a secondary diagnosis of mood disorders more than tripled from 3 percent in 1997 to 10 percent in 2009.
Stays with esophageal disorders have more than quadrupled since 1997, accounting for 3 percent of stays with a secondary diagnosis in 1997 and 12 percent of stays with a secondary diagnosis in 2009.

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