Rising trends in hospitalization costs in the United States: Analysis from the National Inpatient Sample
Author Department
Medicine
Document Type
Article, Peer-reviewed
Publication Date
6-2023
Abstract
We assessed the contemporary temporal trends in hospitalization costs and the total number of hospitalizations in the US. A retrospective study was performed using annualized data of total hospitalizations and sociodemographics of patients using the National Inpatient Sample database. From 2012 to 2019, a total of 2.9 million hospitalizations and $3.5 trillion in hospitalization costs were recorded. The overall mean inflation-adjusted cost per hospitalization increased significantly from $11,585 in 2012 to $13,486 in 2019. Findings were consistent across males, females, and all pre-specified age groups, with a relative decline in crude hospitalization rates per 100,000 US population in females and all age groups during the study period. Further studies are warranted to study cause-specific hospitalizations that would explain these findings.
Keywords: Costs; Expenditure; Hospitalization; National inpatient sample; Population.
Recommended Citation
Talha KM, Asghar A, Akhlaq A, Warraich HJ, Minhas AMK. Rising trends in hospitalization costs in the United States: Analysis from the National Inpatient Sample. Am J Med Sci. 2023 Jun 5:S0002-9629(23)01217-X. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2023.06.001. Epub ahead of print.
PMID
37285940