A-26 Table 3.1: Trends in Inpatient Utilization in Community Hospitals, 1981 – 2006 Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2006, for community hospitals. US Census Bureau: National and State Population Estimates, July 1, Link: Data for Charts 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, and 3.14 Year Inpatient Admissions in Community Hospitals Inpatient Admissions per 1,000 Total Inpatient Days in Community Hospitals Inpatient Days per 1,000 Inpatient Surgeries Average Length of Stay ,438, ,405,8821, ,674, ,379, ,043,0931, ,532, ,151, ,196,9061, ,130, ,155, ,603,0811, ,378, ,448, ,619, ,161, ,378, ,447, ,222, ,600, ,014, ,691, ,452, ,875, ,383, ,116, ,436, ,989, ,181, ,971, ,844, ,064, ,858, ,693, ,033, ,047, ,552, ,748, ,888, ,181, ,718, ,180, ,833, ,945, ,876, ,700, ,098, ,747, ,545, ,576, ,504, ,509, ,811, ,430, ,735, ,359, ,884, ,539, ,089, ,420, ,729, ,813, ,106, ,779, ,478, ,690, ,105, ,782, ,649, ,940, ,086, ,564, ,050, ,238, ,073, ,097, ,377, ,366, ,095,6835.6
A-27 Table 3.2: Average Length of Stay in Community Hospitals by State, 2005 and 2006 Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2006, for community hospitals. Data for Chart 3.6 State Average Length of Stay State Average Length of Stay Alabama5.15.2Montana Alaska6.05.8Nebraska Arizona4.44.5Nevada5.3 Arkansas5.35.2New Hampshire California5.3 New Jersey5.3 Colorado5.05.1New Mexico4.7 Connecticut5.7 New York7.2 Delaware6.26.4North Carolina6.0 District of Columbia7.17.0North Dakota Florida5.2 Ohio Georgia6.46.5Oklahoma5.1 Hawaii7.5 Oregon4.4 Idaho4.94.8Pennsylvania Illinois5.25.1Rhode Island5.4 Indiana5.2 South Carolina Iowa6.46.2South Dakota Kansas6.36.1Tennessee Kentucky5.55.3Texas5.2 Louisiana5.55.7Utah Maine5.6 Vermont6.5 Maryland4.74.6Virginia Massachusetts5.55.3Washington Michigan5.45.2West Virginia5.7 Minnesota6.36.2Wisconsin Mississippi6.5 Wyoming Missouri5.35.2
A-28 Table 3.3: Emergency Department Visits, Emergency Department Visits per 1,000, and Number of Emergency Departments, 1991 – 2006 Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2006, for community hospitals. US Census Bureau: National and State Population Estimates, July 1, Link: (1) Defined as hospitals reporting ED visits in the AHA Annual Survey. Data for Charts 3.7 and 3.8 YearED Visits (millions)ED Visits per 1,000 Emergency Departments (1) , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,587
A-29 Table 3.4: Outpatient Utilization in Community Hospitals, 1981 – 2006 Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2006, for community hospitals. (1) Due to a restructuring in 1982 of the survey question on outpatient visits, some respondents reported occasions of service rather than visits, resulting in an artificially large number of outpatient visits. In 1983, the survey reverted back to the original question, which remains the same today. To smooth the trend lines in the corresponding charts to better reflect what was the actual number of visits, the 1982 data point is an average of the 1981 and 1983 figures. The number collected from the survey is reported in the table above but should be used with caution. Data for Charts 3.12, 3.13, and 3.14 Year Total Outpatient Visits Outpatient Visits per 1,000 Outpatient Surgeries ,554, ,561, (1) 247,930,3321,070.24,061, ,038, ,714, ,941, ,529, ,694, ,951, ,853, ,246, ,495,1341,009.19,126, ,290,8011, ,027, ,815,6811, ,350, ,514,5161, ,069, ,044,3241, ,711, ,847,2021, ,307, ,533,4321, ,624, ,780,3581, ,154, ,748,4031, ,462, ,863,1071, ,023, ,140,0101, ,678, ,193,4681, ,593, ,346,2861, ,845, ,404,9761, ,383, ,480,3781, ,684, ,404,2121, ,361, ,186,0461, ,165, ,569,3341, ,351, ,428,7361, ,445, ,553, ,235,141