AHRQ News & Numbers AHRQ News and Numbers provides statistical highlights on the use and cost of health services and health insurance in the United States. The statistics are drawn from AHRQ's three principal data programs:The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP Web Site)The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS Web Site)The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR Information)To inquire about specific AHRQ News and Numbers, E-mail: Bob.Isquith@ahrq.hhs.gov. Show: All 2013 2012 2011 2010 Date Title 2010 December 22 2010 20101222 More than One in Five Hospital Patients in 2008 Were Born in 1933 or Earlier December 15 2010 20101215 One in 16 Women Hospitalized for Childbirth Has Diabetes December 10 2010 20101210 Hospital Admissions for Dog Bites Increase 86 Percent Over a 16-Year Period December 8 2010 20101208 U.S. Employers Lost Nearly 3 Weeks of Work per Employee Due to Sick Days November 18 2010 20101118 Rates of Hospital Emergency Department Use Greater Among Women and Low-Income, Older, and Rural Americans November 10 2010 20101110 Dental Bills High in California November 3 2010 20101103 Four Million Hospital Admissions Potentially Unnecessary October 27 2010 20101027 Older Americans Getting Pneumonia Shots but Not Enough October 20 2010 20101020 Stroke Survival Greater for Men Than Women After Hospital Treatment October 13 2010 20101013 Hospital Charges for 1 in 20 Hospital Stays Averaged $18,000 per Day September 29 2010 20100929 Prostate Cancer Deaths Drop, But Blacks Still Most Likely To Die September 23 2010 20100923 Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations High Among Patients Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid September 20 2010 20100920 Diabetes Pills Use Up-Insulin Use Down September 9 2010 20100909 Most Public Hospitals Are in Rural Areas September 1 2010 20100901 Oregon and Vermont Show Fewest Hospitalizations for Children With Asthma August 25 2010 20100825 Health Care-Associated Infections Greatly Increase the Length and Cost of Hospital Stays August 18 2010 20100818 Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Lowest in Mountain States August 13 2010 20100813 Treating Americans With Diabetes Cost Hospitals $83 Billion August 4 2010 20100804 Heart Bypass Surgery Death Rates Drop Sharply July 28 2010 20100728 Price Tag for Treating Back Problems Now Totals $30.5 Billion July 21 2010 20100721 Cost of Family Coverage Provided by Employers 1.5 Times More in 2009 Than in 2000 July 14 2010 20100714 Use of Physical Restraint in Nursing Homes Cut by Half in 8 Years July 8 2010 20100708 Mental Disorders and/or Substance Abuse Related to One of Every Eight Emergency Department Cases June 30 2010 20100630 Blacks Hospitalized for High Blood Pressure Five Times More Often Than Whites June 23 2010 20100623 Employees in Small Businesses Are More Likely to Have High-Premium Health Plans June 16 2010 20100616 Men Shy Away from Routine Medical Appointments June 9 2010 20100609 Cost of Hospital Treatment for Blood Infection Surges, Especially for Uninsured Patients June 3 2010 20100603 Deaths from Complications Drop, Disparities Remain May 26 2010 20100526 One in Four Patients Experienced Revolving-Door Hospitalizations May 20 2010 20100520 Hospital Heart Attack Deaths Plummet May 12 2010 20100512 Screening Women for Osteoporosis Up Dramatically May 5 2010 20100505 Disparities Widen in the Use of Asthma Medications April 29 2010 20100429 The Scale Has Barely Moved for Healthy Eating Advice from Doctors April 20 2010 20100420 Black Children Hospitalized More Often for Ruptured Appendix April 14 2010 20100414 For 1 in 10 Medicaid Patients, It's Back to the Hospital in Less Than a Month April 8 2010 20100408 More Adults With Diabetes Are Getting Flu Shots March 31 2010 20100331 Hospital Charges For the Uninsured Up Substantially March 25 2010 20100325 Why Women Are Admitted to the Hospital March 18 2010 20100318 Treating Blood Infections Tops Annual Hospital Cost Increases March 10 2010 20100310 Cholesterol and Diabetes Lead Drug Spending for the Elderly March 4 2010 20100304 Patients Admitted to Hospitals on a Weekend Wait for Major Procedures February 24 2010 20100224 Two-Thirds of State and Local Government Workers Get Their Health Plans From Their Employers February 17 2010 20100217 More Than Half of All Hospital Procedures Are Done Outpatient February 4 2010 20100204 Prescription Drug Purchases Increase for Treatment of Digestive Conditions January 28 2010 20100128 Medicare Pays Almost Half of Rural Hospital Stays January 20 2010 20100120 One in 13 U.S. Adults Who Needed to See a Specialist Reported Access to Be a "Big Problem" January 13 2010 20100113 Emergency Departments Treat 3.5 Million Crash Victims a Year
December 22 2010 20101222 More than One in Five Hospital Patients in 2008 Were Born in 1933 or Earlier
December 10 2010 20101210 Hospital Admissions for Dog Bites Increase 86 Percent Over a 16-Year Period
November 18 2010 20101118 Rates of Hospital Emergency Department Use Greater Among Women and Low-Income, Older, and Rural Americans
September 23 2010 20100923 Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations High Among Patients Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
August 25 2010 20100825 Health Care-Associated Infections Greatly Increase the Length and Cost of Hospital Stays
August 18 2010 20100818 Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Lowest in Mountain States
July 21 2010 20100721 Cost of Family Coverage Provided by Employers 1.5 Times More in 2009 Than in 2000
July 8 2010 20100708 Mental Disorders and/or Substance Abuse Related to One of Every Eight Emergency Department Cases
June 23 2010 20100623 Employees in Small Businesses Are More Likely to Have High-Premium Health Plans
June 9 2010 20100609 Cost of Hospital Treatment for Blood Infection Surges, Especially for Uninsured Patients
February 24 2010 20100224 Two-Thirds of State and Local Government Workers Get Their Health Plans From Their Employers
January 20 2010 20100120 One in 13 U.S. Adults Who Needed to See a Specialist Reported Access to Be a "Big Problem"
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