The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and its Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project issued a projection report late last year on the cost of inpatient hospitalizations. The five categories that account for most spending are maternal/neonatal, mental health, injury, surgical and medical.
Here are 15 statistics on inpatient hospitalization costs, based on the AHRQ and HCUP statistical brief.
Maternal and neonatal hospitalizations
Average cost in 2003: $3,000
Average cost in 2011: $4,000
Projected average cost in 2013: $4,500
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