Question description
Use the most current information in the
Healthcare cost and utilization project (http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov)
database to answer the following questions:
a. What are the nationwide average
length of hospital stay and average hospital cost for patients with
the following diagnoses?
Abdominal pain
Acute myocardial infarction
Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease and bronchiectasis
Diabetes mellitus with
complications
b. What are the nationwide average
length of hospital stay and average hospital cost for patient’s who
undergo the following procedures?
Cesarean section
Hip replacement, total and partial
Hysterectomy, abdominal and
vaginal
Percutaneous coronary angioplasty
c. If data are available for your
state, what are your state’s average lenghts of hospital stay and
average cost for patients with the diagnoses in question 1a and for
patients who underwent the procedures in question 1b?
