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Hospital Statistics for Digestive Diseases

Hospitalization and Digestive Diseases

10 million or 13% of all hospitalizations in the USA 1985 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, 1994).

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Hospitals and Digestive Diseases

Hospitalizations: 10 million (13 percent of all hospitalizations) (1985) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)

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The following statistics related to hospitals and hospitalization and Digestive Diseases:

• 124,060 patient days spent in private hospitals for digestive diseases in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 346,401 admissions to public hospitals because of digestive diseases in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 40,638 admissions to private hospitals because of digestive diseases in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 47.2% of hospitalisations for digestive diseases in public hospitals are single day in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 66.0% of hospitalisations for digestive diseases in private hospitals are single day in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 998,124 patient days spent in public hospitals for digestive diseases in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 1,409,157 patient days spent in private hospitals were for procedures on digestive system in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 2,121,395 patient days spent in public hospitals for procedures on digestive system in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 444,159 admissions to public hospitals for procedures on digestive system in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 52.8% of hospitalisations for procedures on digestive system were single day in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 635,074 admissions to private hospitals for procedures on digestive system in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 75.4% of hospitalisations for procedures on digestive system were single day in private hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 11% of male hospitalizations were for digestive diseases in Canada 1996/97 (Hospital Morbidity Database, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Health Canada)
• 9% of female hospitalizations were for digestive diseases in Canada 1996/97 (Hospital Morbidity Database, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Health Canada)

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