Search results for "National trends"
Hospitalists' awareness of inpatient charges for services and tests
Hospitalists are not very aware of the charges for various services they provide, or tests they order, according to recent data.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/trends.htm
15 Oct 2010
Conditions with the most rapidly increasing hospital inpatient costs, 2001-2007
From 2001 to 2007, inflation-adjusted hospital costs rose by 24.6% to $343 billion.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/trends.htm
15 Sep 2010
Inpatient deaths cost nearly $20 billion; septicemia leading cause
One of every three people who died in the U.S. in 2007 was in the hospital for treatment at the time of death.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/trends.htm
15 Jan 2010
Hospital admissions and costs for potentially preventable conditions in adults, 2006
Hospital costs for potentially preventable hospitalizations were about one of every 10 dollars of total hospital expenditures in 2006.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/trends.htm
15 Oct 2009
Cost, loss of insurance lead many to forgo needed medical care
Health insurance is a major factor when people balance health care with its cost.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/04/trends.htm
15 Apr 2009
Anti-smoking efforts graded state-by-state
The American Lung Association State of Tobacco Control 2008 report graded the 50 states and District of Columbia on their anti-smoking efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/trends.htm
15 Mar 2009
Alternative medicines by age and condition
Alternative medicines by age and condition.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/trends.htm
15 Feb 2009
Steady increase in number of obese adults drove sharp rise in overweight population since 1980
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys showed substantial increases in overweight among adults since 1980, primarily reflecting an increase in the percentage of adults 20—74 years of age who are obese[PDF].
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/trends.htm
15 Dec 2008