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Show Hospital Charges by Major Diagnostic Category Compiled by Russell Beecher 2000 Utah Hospital Charges: $2.1 billion These data have been compiled by the Utah Department of Health and listed in the Hospital Discharge Data Standard Report of 2000. The report is designed to be a tool for analysis of health care issues. Consumers, employers, payers, policy makers, and providers use this data to make health care decisions. The two billion dollars charged by Utah hospitals in 2000 represent the pre-contractual charge not the actual money received for services. The major diagnostic categories (MDCs) are broken down into diagnosis-related groups (DRG), which provide the basis for assigning a uniform charge for specific services. Figure 1 lists the nine most significant of the twenty-five MDCs in 2000 along with their respective charges. These data are used to determine which diseases are most costly in Utah. Areas of MDC can be targeted for improvement in treatment as well as prevention in order to reduce expenditures. Table 19. Total Hospital Charges in Utah by MDC, 2000 MDC Charges($) Percent Nervous System 123,764,901 5.9% Respiratory System 174,323,757 8.3% Circulatory System 389,737,598 18.6% Digestive System 174,898,956 8.3% Musculoskeletal System 278,660,605 13.3% Pregnancy, Childbirth, Puerperium 191,850,577 9.1% Newborn and Other Neonates 178,609,349 8.5% Hepatobiliary System and Pancreas 65,827,952 3.1% Mental Diseases and Disorders 77,957,998 3.7% All Other MDCs 443,521,758 21.2% Total 2,099,153,451 100.0% Musculoskeletal System 13% Digestive System 8% Circulatory System 19% Pregnancy, Childbirth, Puerperium 9% Respiratory System 8% Newborn and Other Neonates 9% Hepatobiliary System and Pancreas 3% Mental Diseases and Disorders 4% All Other MDCs 21% Nervous System 6% Figure 12. Utah Hospital Charges by MDC, 2000. Sources: Utah Health Data Committee (2002). 2000 Utah Inpatient Hospital Utilization and Charges Profile-Hospital Detail. Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Health Data Committee. [Online] http://hlunix.hl.state.ut.us/hda/reports/stlbook_OO.pdf/. 64 Utah's Health: An Annual Review Volume VIII |