| Show Hospital Discharge Data Compiled by Anthony Cooke data and Diagnostic Related Grouping is The following data have been compiled by the performed at the discretion of the hospitals Utah department of Health in order to increase our understanding of disease in Utah Table 65 The data in this chart is used to help the Utah shows the average length of hospital stays by department of health determine what diseases Major Diagnostic Categories MDC by year for and areas are most prevalent and costly in Utah Utah and can be compared with national As length of hospitalization is directly correlated statistics found on the Center for Disease to cost areas of MDC can be targeted for Control homepage Online www cdc gov total improvement and ulimately health care of 52 Utah hospitals report hospital discharge expenditure reductions Table Average Length of Hospitalization by Major Disease Classification for Utah by Year 1992-1998 Year NDC Total Ungroupelle 1Nervous System 2EeEar Nose Mouth ThroetRespiratory SystemQircudatory System 6Digestive System 7Hepetobiliary System Pancreas Muscuioskeletd System Comn tissueSkin Suboutaneous Tissue Breast 10Endocrine Nutritional Meta System 11Kichey Urinary Tract 12Mele Reproductive System 13Fermele Reproductive System Totd 414 2071 478 237 256 479 452 43 43 37 38 34 28 192 504 2150 577 23 266 507 527 464 42 425 401 397 315 1993 444 163 511 220 262 500 4R 440 419 377 349 38 1994 42 172 468 27 26 48 4T3 431 438 37 33 38 280 1995 440 17368 450 25 23 458 44 425 45 35 3B 312 38 275 1996 367 440 246 249 473 42 424 445 32 367 38 26 1997 3W 1001 468 228 25 475 415 43 458 36 3R 3B 28 20 1998 36 1022 447 27 260 465 408 421 440 3R 37 346 3BV 28 27 Source Center for Disease Control Onine Yiw 60C GOvNCCPRDIDISS 105 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
