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**