Characteristics of Short-Term Acute Care Pneumonia Hospitalizations in Oklahoma,
1998
Preliminary Data - Not for Public Release
The Data
Overall
- 4.7% of discharges (19,116) from short-term acute care hospitals in Oklahoma had a principal diagnosis of pneumonia, resulting in 115,541 patient days spent in the hospital.
- Total charges were $188,557,897 .
- 6.6% of pneumonia hospitalizations died in-hospital-7.5% higher than the US rate (6.1%).
- 11.2% of all in-hospital deaths in Oklahoma were due to pneumonia as compared to only 8.8% of US in-hospital deaths.
- The average age was 61.8 years--slightly older than the US age (58.9 years).
| Region |
Dis-charges |
% of Total Dis-charges |
Ave. LOS (In days) |
Patient Days |
% of Total Patient Days |
Total Charges |
% of Total Charges |
Ave Charge per Hospital-ization |
Ave Charge per Patient Day |
In-Hospital Deaths |
% of Hospital-izations Who Died |
% of All In-Hospital Deaths |
Average Age |
% Female |
| Oklahoma |
19,116 |
4.7% |
6.0 |
115,541 |
5.9% |
$188,557,897 |
4.7% |
$9,893 |
$1,632 |
1,253 |
6.6% |
11.2% |
61.8 |
53.6% |
| US |
1,258,188 |
3.6% |
6.3 |
7,926,584 |
4.6% |
$15,800,324,904 |
4.0% |
$12,558 |
$1,993 |
76,134 |
6.1% |
8.8% |
58.9 |
51.5% |
| Difference |
|
32.3% |
-0.3 |
|
29.1% |
|
18.9% |
-$2,665 |
-$361 |
|
7.5% |
27.8% |
2.9 |
4.1% |
Based on CCS Single Level Diagnosis Groups, of these hospitalizations for Pneumonia:
- 62.9% were due to Pneumonia Organism Unspecified (12,017 discharges) resulting in $100,296,019 in total charges and 53.9% of in-hospital deaths (675 deaths).
- 20.5% were due to Other Bacterial Pneumonias (4,460 discharges) resulting in $61,158,532 in total charges and 36.6% of in-hospital pneumonia deaths (458 deaths).
- 8.6%% were due to Other Pneumonias (1,648 discharges) resulting in $13,911,740 in total charges and 4.6% of in-hospital pneumonia deaths (58 deaths).
- 5.2% were due to Pneumococcal Pneumonia (991 discharges) resulting in $13,191,606 in total charges and 4.9% of in-hospital pneumonia deaths (62 deaths).
Based on Principal Diagnosis, the top Pneumonia-related reasons for hospitalization were:
- Organism Not Specified (62.9% of Discharges 53.9% of Deaths)
- Other Gram Negative Bacteria (5.3% of Discharges 8.6% of Deaths)
- Pneumococcal (5.2% of Discharges 4.9% of Deaths)
- Pseudomonal (4.4% of Discharges 7.3% of Deaths)
- Staphylococcal (4.2% of Discharges 9.9% of Deaths)
Short Term Acute Care Hospitalization Summary