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The number of patients admitted to Minnesota's acute care hospitals decreased by 3.24 percent from 2008 to 2009. However, the number of patient admissions has been relatively stable between 2003 to 2009.
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Source: HCCIS
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The total number of days patients spent in Minnesota's acute care hospitals decreased by 5.28 percent between 2008 and 2009.
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Source: HCCIS
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The average daily number of patients in Minnesota's acute care hospitals in 2009 was 6,769. 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 2009 with 87,345 discharges. These discharges also include births of 68,823. The patient age group with the least number of discharges were those aged 5 to 9, with 5,286 discharges.
The average length of hospital stay has been decreasing overall since 2003. The average stay has decreased 0.12 days from 4.29 in 2003 to 4.17 in 2009.
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| Based on UB-92 Administrative Data
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See Hospital Utilization by Age table, 1999-2009: [PDF]
The average length of stay for all ages varied from 3.21 days to 5.49. Patients aged 25-29 had the shortest lengths of stays while those aged 10-14 had the longest.
The number of people being seen for outpatient services increased 6.1 percent from 2008 to 2009. 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 1,702,789 patient visits to Minnesota's emergency rooms in 2009. Of these visits, 295,059 patients were admitted as inpatients to the hospital.
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| Source: HCCIS
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