COVID-19-Related Hospitalizations in 13 States, by Expected Payer, 2020

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In: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Briefs [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2006 Feb. Statistical Brief #274.
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Excerpt

This Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Brief presents statistics on COVID-19-related hospitalizations using 2019 State Inpatient Databases (SID) and 2020 quarterly inpatient data from 13 States. Differences in monthly hospitalizations by primary expected payer (Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, self-pay/no charge) from April to September 2020 are compared with the same months in the prior year. Variation in utilization, average length of stay, and in-hospital mortality is illustrated. Because of the large sample size of the HCUP data, small differences can be statistically significant but not meaningful. Thus, only differences greater than or equal to 10 percent are discussed in the text.

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