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Average U.S. hospital discharge costs increase steadily.(Data Trends)

Healthcare Financial Management

| August 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2009 Healthcare Financial Management Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The average cost per adjusted discharge for U.S. hospitals increased 25 percent between 1997 and 2002, according to recent data. The question is, Why? This increase probably is due to many factors. The rising demand for inpatient services, the aging of the U.S. population, increasing case-mix severity, higher medical malpractice insurance payments, increased payroll and benefit expense, and shrinking payments are just a few.

At the end of 2002, the average cost per adjusted discharge for U.S. hospitals was $6,683. This figure represents an increase of more than $1,300 since 1997. Increases in costs per adjusted discharge had slowed somewhat between 1998 and 2000 as…

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