Health Care Operations

Use the most current information in the Health CareHealth Care Cost and Utilization Project (http://hcupnet.ahrq.gov) database to answer the following questions:

  1. What is the national average length of hospital stay and average hospital costs for patients with the following diagnoses?
    Abdominal pain
    Acute myocardial infarction
    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis
    Diabetes mellitus with complications