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The number of patients admitted to Minnesota's acute care
hospitals increased overall by 11% from 2000 to 2006. 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 2005 and
2006. Overall, patient days have been increasing slightly since
2000.
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Source: HCCIS
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The average daily number of patients in Minnesota's acute care
hospitals in 2006 was 7,034. 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 2006 with 90,921 discharges. These
discharges also include births of 70,789. The patient age group
with the least number of discharges were those aged 5 to 9, with
5,134 discharges.
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The average length of stay for all ages varied from 3.2 days to
5.4. Patients aged 25 to 29 had the shortest length of stay while
those aged 80 to 84 had the longest.
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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 41 percent from 2000 to 2006. Outpatient
registrations include hospital services such as physical therapy,
occupational therapy, same-day surgery, chemotherapy and the
emergency room.
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There were 1,579,836 patient visits to Minnesota's
emergency rooms in 2006. Of these visits, 277,630 patients were
admitted as inpatients to the hospital.
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| Source: HCCIS
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