Most Frequent Procedures Performed in U.S. Hospitals, 2011 - Statistical Brief #165

Most Frequent Procedures Performed in U.S. Hospitals, 2011 - Statistical Brief #165

February 4, 2014, Issue #411 AHRQ Stats Adults between the ages of 65 and 84 accounted for more than half of the 718,000 hospital stays for knee arthroplasty in 2011. (Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #165: Most Frequent Procedures Performed in U.S. Hospitals, 2011.) Highlights Procedures were performed in 63 percent of hospital stays in 2011.The hospitalization rate for stays with procedures remained stable since 1997 at 780 per 10,000 population. Between 1997 and 2011, the hospitalization rate for stays with hemodialysis increased 68 percent. The hospitalization rates for stays with a blood transfusion increased 129 percent for adults aged 18-44 years and 45-64 years, 111 percent for adults aged 65-84 years, and 97 percent for adults aged 85 years and older. The hospitalization rate for stays with Cesarean section increased 39 percent between 1997 and 2011. Between 1997 and 2011, the most rapidly growing procedure was indwelling catheter—the rate of hospitalization for stays with this procedure more than tripled. Adults aged 65-84 years accounted for more than half of the total number of stays with knee arthroplasty in 2011; their hospitalization rate increased 59 percent since 1997.