Table 2.
Hospitalizations and Medicare costs: nursing home decedent residents, 2003–2007
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | PCT | Number | PCT | Number | PCT | Number | PCT | Number | PCT | |
| Nursing home decedent residents hospitalized in the last 30 days of life | ||||||||||
| Short-stay | 65,559 | 31.6% | 64,654 | 33.0% | 68,759 | 34.1% | 67,442 | 35.4% | 65,561 | 36.8% |
| Long-stay | 93,697 | 32.2% | 109,675 | 33.6% | 111,994 | 33.6% | 104,065 | 33.2% | 97,836 | 33.4% |
| Total | 159,256 | 31.9% | 174,329 | 33.4% | 180,753 | 33.8% | 171,507 | 34.1% | 163,397 | 34.7% |
| Total cost of hospitalizations in last 30 days of life ($2007) | ||||||||||
| Short-stay | $631,903,448 | 42.6% | $617,859,933 | 38.0% | $671,877,569 | 39.1% | $662,443,943 | 40.4% | $647,997,581 | 40.7% |
| Long-stay | $849,903,942 | 57.4% | $1,009,457,774 | 62.0% | $1,047,543,540 | 60.9% | $976,035,938 | 59.6% | $943,591,293 | 59.3% |
| Total | $1,481,807,390 | 100.0% | $1,627,317,707 | 100.0% | $1,719,421,109 | 100.0% | $1,638,479,881 | 100.0% | $1,591,588,874 | 100.0% |