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The number of patients admitted to Minnesota's acute care hospitals increased overall by 25.50% from 1994 to 2005. The number of patient admissions has been gradually increasing the aforementioned period.
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| Source: HCCIS
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The total number of days patients spent in Minnesota's acute care hospitals remained relatively consistent between 2004 and 2005, increasing by only 2 percent. Overall, patient days have been increasing slightly since 1997.
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| Source: HCCIS
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The average length of hospital stay has been steadily decreasing since 1994. The average stay has decreased 0.62 days from 4.81 in 1995 to 4.19 in 2005.
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| Source: HCCIS
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The average daily number of patients in Minnesota's acute care hospitals in 2005 was 7,052. Daily census counts include acute care patients only. Patients in the hospital for long-term, subacute/transitional, or swing bed care were not included.
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| Source: HCCIS
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Children from birth to age 4 had the greatest number of hospital discharges in 2005 with 89,380 discharges. These discharges also include births of 68,573. The patient age group with the least number of discharges were those aged 5 to 9, with 5,454 discharges.
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| Based on UB-92 Administrative Data
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The average length of stay for all ages varied from 3.2 days to 5.3. Patients aged 25 to 29 had the shortest length of stay while those aged 80 to 84 had the longest.
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| Based on UB-92 Administrative Data
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See Hospital Utilization by Age table: [PDF]
The number of people being seen for outpatient services increased 74% from 1995 to 2005. Outpatient registrations include hospital services such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, same-day surgery, chemotherapy and the emergency room.
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| Source: HCCIS
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There were 1,554,750 patient visits to Minnesota's emergency rooms in 2005. Of these visits, 278,661 patients were admitted as inpatients to the hospital.
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| Source: HCCIS
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