HESC 4999: Chapter 10

Answer the following:

1. Use the most current information in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project () 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 patients 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 states average length of hospital stay and average cost for patients with the diagnoses in 1a and for patients who underwent the procedures in 1b?

**I am in Louisiana**