AHRQ Releases the 2009 <em>Facts and Figures</em> Report (October 2009)

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Release Date: October 2011

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces the release of the HCUP Facts and Figures: Statistics on Hospital-Based Care in the United States, 2009, available on the HCUP-US Website. The report is an update and expansion of the HCUP Facts and Figures, 2008 report and uses the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) to present information about hospital care in 2009 and trends in care between 1993 and 2009.

HCUP Facts and Figures contains an overview of hospital-related topics including general characteristics of U.S. hospitals and the patients treated; the most common diagnoses, conditions, and procedures associated with inpatient stays; the costs and charges associated with hospitalizations; and the payers for inpatient stays. This year's report features a special chapter on women's health.

For more information, please visit the HCUP-US Website, or contact HCUP User Support at hcup@ahrq.gov.

Internet Citation: Release of 2009 Facts and Figures Report Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). October 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/news/announcements/09_facts_figures.jsp.

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