Common Injuries That Result in Hospitalization, 2004. Statistical Brief No. 19

摘要

In 2004, nearly 5 percent of all hospital stays about 1.9 million hospitalizations were for treatment of an injury. These stays totaled $19.5 billion dollars in hospital costs, accounting for 6.6 percent of the total cost of hospital care in the United States.2 In order to reduce the substantial burden of injury on patients, their families, and the hospital care system, it is important to understand the types and causes of common injuries. This Statistical Brief presents data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) on the most common injuries resulting in hospitalization in 2004. Hospital stays for injury are described by condition, and cause of injury. All differences between estimates noted in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level or better.