Table and Figure Descriptions:
Table 5.1 - Discharges, Total Days of Care, Total Charges, and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged from Short-Stay Hospitals, by Type of Entitlement: Calendar Years 1972-2008
Table 5.2 - Discharges, Coinsurance Days, Coinsurance Payments, and Deductible Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged from Short-Stay Hospitals, by Type of Entitlement: Selected Calendar Years 1985-2008
Table 5.3 - Enrollees, Discharges, Total Days of Care, and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged from Short-Stay Hospitals, by Demographic Characteristics, Type of Entitlement, and Discharge Status: Calendar Year 2008
Table 5.4 - Discharges, Total Days of Care, and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged from Short-Stay Hospitals, by Area of Residence: Calendar Year 2008
Table 5.5 - Discharges, Total Days of Care, and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged from Short-Stay Hospitals, by Principal Diagnoses Within Major Diagnostic Classifications (MDCs): Calendar Year 2008
Table 5.6 - Number of Discharges with a Procedure, Total Days of Care, and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged from Short-Stay Hospitals, by Principal Procedure Within Major Procedure Classifications (MPCs): Calendar Year 2008
Table 5.7 - Discharges, Total Days of Care, and Average Charge per Discharge for Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged from Short-Stay Hospitals, by Leading Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs): Calendar Year 2008
Table 5.8 - Number of Discharges and Total Charges for Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged from Short-Stay Hospitals, by Total Days of Care and Type of Service: Calendar Year 2008
Table 5.9 - Discharges, Total Days of Care, and Program Payments for Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged from Short-Stay Hospitals, by Total Days of Care: Calendar Year 2008
Table 5.10 - Number of Participating Short-Stay Hospitals (SSHs), Medicare Utilization and Program Payments for Beneficiaries Discharged from SSHs, by Location and Bedsize of Hospital, and by Medical School Affiliation (MSA) and Type of Control: Calendar Year 2008
Table 5.11 - Discharges, Covered Days of Care, Covered Charges, and Program Payments for Medicare Inpatient Hospital Beneficiaries, by Type of Hospital: Calendar Year 2008
Table 5.12 - Short-Stay Hospital (SSH) Discharges and Case-Mix Index, by Location and Bedsize of Hospital, and Procedure Status: Calendar Year 2008
Figure 5.1 - Changes in Medicare Short-Stay Hospital Program Payments: Calendar Years 1972-2008
Figure 5.2 - Trends in Parameters of Medicare Beneficiary Stays in Short-Stay Hospitals: Calendar Years 1972-2008
Figure 5.3 - Leading Principal Diagnostic Classification for Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged from Short-Stay Hospitals, Based on Frequency: Calendar Year 2008
Figure 5.4 - Medicare Principal Procedure Classifications for Medicare Beneficiaries Discharged from Short-Stay Hospitals, Based on Frequency: Calendar Year 2008
Figure 5.5 - Five Most Frequent Medicare Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) for Beneficiaries Discharged from Short-Stay Hospitals: Calendar Year 2008
Figure 5.6 - Distribution of Medicare Short-Stay Hospitals, Discharges, and Payments, by Type of Control: Calendar Year 2008
Figure 5.7 - Medicare Participating Hospitals, by Type of Hospital: Calendar Year 2008
Figure 5.8 - Percent Distribution of Medicare Short-Stay Hospital Charges, By Type of Service: Calendar Years 1983 and 2008