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)News and Numbers Archive: 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 Show: All 2013 2012 2011 2010 Date Title 2012 March 20 2012 20120320 Six in 10 Obese Adults Have Joint Pain March 7 2012 20120307 Hospital Readmission Rates Higher for Chronic Conditions January 25 2012 20120125 Hospital Stays Involving C. difficile Infections Leveled Off After 300 Percent Increase Since 1993 January 12 2012 20120112 Most Health Care Costs Incurred by Few Americans 2011 December 14 2011 20111214 Bronchitis and Asthma Most Commonly Treated Conditions Among Children December 1 2011 20111201 Cost of Hospitalization Highest Among the Nonelderly November 9 2011 20111109 More Seniors Getting Pneumonia Shots, But Some Lag Behind November 3 2011 20111103 Knee Replacements Up Dramatically Among Adults 45 to 64 Years Old October 27 2011 20111027 Heart Disease, Cancer and Trauma-Related Disorders Among the Most Costly Conditions for Men October 19 2011 20111019 Expenditures for Chronic Pain Care for Women at Nearly $13 Billion in 2008 October 12 2011 20111012 Children's Use of Asthma Controller Drugs Doubles October 6 2011 20111006 Blood Infections Most Costly Hospital Care in 2009 September 28 2011 20110928 One in Four Americans Treated for Hypertension September 14 2011 20110914 Hospital Readmissions for COPD Highest Among Black Patients September 8 2011 20110908 Hospitalizations for Eating Disorders Declined, but Big Increase Seen in Pica Disorder September 1 2011 20110901 More Than 20,000 Emergency Room Visits for Air and Paintball Gun Injuries in 2008 August 25 2011 20110825 Hospital Deaths from Heart Failure Cut by Half Over Seven Years August 10 2011 20110810 Hospitalizations for Children with Influenza and Skin Infections Increased in the Last Decade August 4 2011 20110804 Arizona and Maryland See Great Drop in In-Hospital Deaths From Pneumonia July 28 2011 20110728 Drug Expenses for Children With Asthma More Than Doubled in 10 Years July 21 2011 20110721 Heart Disease, Cancer and Mental Disorders Among the Most Costly Conditions for Women July 14 2011 20110714 How Much Do Employees Pay for Health Care Coverage? Depends on Where They Live June 29 2011 20110629 Black Children More Likely to Be Hospitalized for Severe Asthma Attacks June 22 2011 20110622 Who Paid More Than 10 Percent of Their Family Income for Medical Expenses? June 16 2011 20110616 Six of Every 10 Rural Emergency Departments Visits Made by Poor Patients June 8 2011 20110608 Employees' Share of Health Plan Premium Costs Up Dramatically June 2 2011 20110602 Readmissions in 30 Days Account for up to a Quarter of Hospital Stays in Adult Medicaid Patients May 25 2011 20110525 School-Age Children Treated Most Often for Sports-Related Concussions May 19 2011 20110519 Most American Women Experience Complications During Delivery May 12 2011 20110512 More Rural Americans Treated in Emergency Departments for Eye Injuries May 4 2011 20110504 Over 3 Million Look to Hospitals for Headache Relief, Particularly for Migraines April 28 2011 20110428 Use of Episiotomy and Forceps During Childbirth Down, C-Section Rates Up April 20 2011 20110420 Hospital Outpatient Care Represents More Than 20 Percent of all Ambulatory Care Costs in U.S. April 13 2011 20110413 Medication Side Effects, Injuries, Up Dramatically April 7 2011 20110407 Uninsured Hospital Stays Surged from 2003 to 2008 March 30 2011 20110330 Diabetes Testing Among Poor, Minority, and Inner-City Adults Plummets March 23 2011 20110323 Colorectal Cancer Screening for Most, But Not All, Americans March 16 2011 20110316 Hospital Charges Surpass Trillion Dollar Mark March 9 2011 20110309 Dramatic Increase Seen in Patients Going from Hospitals to Home Care March 3 2011 20110303 One in Four U.S. Adults Reported Having High Blood Pressure in 2008 February 23 2011 20110223 Spending for Prescriptions to Control Cholesterol and Diabetes Exceeds $52 Billion February 16 2011 20110216 Patients' Income and Where They Live Influence Hospitalization for Chronic Lung Disease February 9 2011 20110209 Almost 4 Million Adults Reported Being Treated for Kidney Disease Each Year Between 2003 and 2007 February 2 2011 20110202 Aching Back Sends More Than 3 Million to Emergency Departments January 26 2011 20110126 Approximately 5 Percent of Seniors Report One or More Cognitive Disorders January 19 2011 20110119 Growth in Medicaid Patient Hospital Admissions Outpace Those for Privately Insured Patients January 12 2011 20110112 One-Fifth of the U.S. Population Has No Doctor or Other Usual Source of Medical Care January 5 2011 20110105 The Number of U.S. Adults Treated for Diabetes More Than Doubled Between 1996 and 2007 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
January 25 2012 20120125 Hospital Stays Involving C. difficile Infections Leveled Off After 300 Percent Increase Since 1993
October 27 2011 20111027 Heart Disease, Cancer and Trauma-Related Disorders Among the Most Costly Conditions for Men
September 8 2011 20110908 Hospitalizations for Eating Disorders Declined, but Big Increase Seen in Pica Disorder
September 1 2011 20110901 More Than 20,000 Emergency Room Visits for Air and Paintball Gun Injuries in 2008
August 10 2011 20110810 Hospitalizations for Children with Influenza and Skin Infections Increased in the Last Decade
July 21 2011 20110721 Heart Disease, Cancer and Mental Disorders Among the Most Costly Conditions for Women
June 2 2011 20110602 Readmissions in 30 Days Account for up to a Quarter of Hospital Stays in Adult Medicaid Patients
April 20 2011 20110420 Hospital Outpatient Care Represents More Than 20 Percent of all Ambulatory Care Costs in U.S.
February 23 2011 20110223 Spending for Prescriptions to Control Cholesterol and Diabetes Exceeds $52 Billion
February 16 2011 20110216 Patients' Income and Where They Live Influence Hospitalization for Chronic Lung Disease
February 9 2011 20110209 Almost 4 Million Adults Reported Being Treated for Kidney Disease Each Year Between 2003 and 2007
January 19 2011 20110119 Growth in Medicaid Patient Hospital Admissions Outpace Those for Privately Insured Patients
January 12 2011 20110112 One-Fifth of the U.S. Population Has No Doctor or Other Usual Source of Medical Care
January 5 2011 20110105 The Number of U.S. Adults Treated for Diabetes More Than Doubled Between 1996 and 2007
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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