Trends in hospital utilization, 1965-86
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11029288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Pokras (Conference Board), Lola Jean Kozak (0009-0008-1658-991X, Conference Board), E Mccarthy, Eleanor G McCarthy (Conference Board), E J Graves, Edmund Graves |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 488-490 |
| Publication date | 1990-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.80.4.488 |
| PMID | 2316777 |
| OpenAlex | W2005272369 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Short-stay hospitals in the United States provided 218.5 million days of care for inpatients in 1986. That was about 6 million fewer days of care than such hospitals had provided in 1965 (Figure The decrease occurred despite the addition of 47.8 million people to the US population, an increase of 3.6 years in the median age of the US population, and an increase in the median age of inpatients of almost 11 years-from 36.1 to 46.7 years. The decline in discharge rates in recent years (Figure If age-and sex-specific discharge rates and average length of stay had been the same in 1986 as they were in 1965, there would have been 308 million days of inpatient care in 1986 instead of 218.5 million days
Environmental health · Sociology · Demography · Health Services Management and Policy · Healthcare Systems and Practices · Medicine · Gerontology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 1997 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |