Download or read book Hospital Inpatient Statistics, 1996 written by Anne Elixhauser and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This publication provides descriptive statistics for U.S. hospital inpatient ststays in 1996 using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample. National estimates are provided for all discharges by principal diagnosis and by principal procedure. Statistics are presented on the number of discharges, mean length of stay, mean charges, charges in quartiles (25th, 50th and 70th percentiles), percent who died in the hospital, percent male, and mean age." -- Publ. web site.