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. 2015 Jul 15;10(7):e0131093. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131093

Table 3. Median Inpatient Prevalence Rates per 100 people and Median Inpatient Counts, by Medical Category.

Medical Category Median Inpatient Prevalence Rate (IQR) Median Inpatient Counts (IQR)
Inpatient total 12.12 (10.05, 14.84) 106 (41, 272)
Cardiology 1.99 (1.42, 2.56) 18 (6, 46)
Dermatology 0.21 (0.09, 0.34) 2 (1, 6)
Endocrine 0.22 (0.01, 0.37) 2 (0.5, 7)
Gastroenterology 1.02 (0.71, 1.43) 10 (3, 27)
General medicine 0.58 (0.32, 0.88) 5 (2, 14)
Generals surgery 0.75 (0.47, 1.01) 6 (3, 19)
Gynecology 0.14 (0, 0.26) 2 (0, 5)
Hematology 0.05 (0, 0.14) 1 (0, 3)
Neonatology 0.12 (0, 0.23) 2 (0, 4)
Nephrology 0.34 (0.18, 0.53) 3 (1, 9)
Neurology 0.58 (0.35, 0.88) 5 (2, 16)
Normal newborns 0.68 (0.41, 0.99) 6 (2, 17)
Ob/delivery 0.84 (0.52, 1.12) 7 (2.5, 21)
Oncology 0.17 (0, 0.29) 2 (0, 6)
Ophthalmology 0 (0, 0) 0 (0, 0)
Orthopedics 1.08 (0.72, 1.42) 10 (4, 26)
Other/ob 0 (0, 0.09) 0 (0, 2)
Otolaryngology 0.08 (0, 0.17) 1 (0, 3)
Psych/drug abuse 0.52 (0.27, 0.85) 5 (2, 16)
Pulmonary 1.18 (0.84, 1.69) 10 (4, 28)
Rheumatology 0 (0, 0.09) 0 (0, 2)
thoracic surgery 0.08 (0, 0.16) 1 (0, 3)
Trauma 0.03 (0, 0.09) 1 (0, 2)
Urology 0.17 (0, 0.27) 2 (0, 5)
Vascular surgery 0.09 (0, 0.19) 1 (0, 3)

Note: Median inpatient prevalence rates/median inpatient counts for each medical category and overall are presented, along with the interquartile range (IQR). Median inpatient prevalence rates/median inpatient counts are interpreted at the zip code level.