Rural residents who are hospitalized in rural and urban hospitals: United States, 2010.

In 2010, 17% of the U.S. population lived in rural (nonmetropolitan) areas.

Rural and urban hospitals' role in providing inpatient care, 2010.

Data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey, 2010. In 2010, 12% of the 35 million U.S.

Trends in inpatient hospital deaths: National Hospital Discharge Survey, 2000-2010.

In 2000, there were 2.4 million deaths in the United States, and in 2010 there were 2.5 million (1,2).

Hospitalization for congestive heart failure: United States, 2000-2010.

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a serious medical condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. CHF is often caused by hypertension, diabetes, or coronary heart disease. It is estimated that 5.

Hospitalization for stroke in U.S. hospitals, 1989-2009.

Stroke remains one of the most significant U.S. health problems (6).

Inpatient care for septicemia or sepsis: a challenge for patients and hospitals.

Septicemia and sepsis are serious bloodstream infections that can rapidly become life-threatening. They arise from various infections, including those of the skin, lungs, abdomen, and urinary tract. Patients with these conditions are often treated in a hospital’s intensive care unit.

Factors influencing rural residents' utilization of urban hospitals.

Objective: To examine, using nationally representative data, which patient, hospital, and county characteristics influence rural residents' urban hospitalization.

Methods: Rural residents hospitalized in urban hospitals (crossovers) are compared with those hospitalized in rural hospitals (noncrossovers). National Hospital Discharge Survey data were merged with Area Resource File and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data to study rural inpatients' characteristics; hospital descriptors; and county or state socioeconomic and health service variables.

National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2007 summary.

Objectives: This report presents national estimates of hospital inpatient care in the United States during 2007 and selected trend data. Numbers and rates of discharges, diagnoses, and procedures are shown by age and sex. Average lengths of stay are presented for all discharges and for selected diagnostic categories by age and by sex.

National hospital discharge survey: 2004 annual summary with detailed diagnosis and procedure data.

Objectives: This report presents 2004 national estimates and selected trend data on the use of nonfederal short-stay hospitals in the United States. Estimates are provided by selected patient and hospital characteristics, diagnoses, and surgical and nonsurgical procedures performed. Estimates of diagnoses and procedures are presented according to International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes.

Inpatient care in rural hospitals at the beginning of the 21st century.

Context: National data documenting the role that rural hospitals play in providing inpatient care to patients both younger than 65 and 65 years and older has previously been unavailable.

Purpose: To present descriptive nationally representative data on the numbers and types of inpatients, and the care they received, in rural hospitals.

Methods: This study includes inpatient data from the 2001 National Hospital Discharge Survey, a nationally representative survey of short-stay, nonfederal hospitals in the United States.