Hospital charges for people with AIDS in Washington State: Utilization of a statewide hospital discharge data base

W.E. Lafferty, S.G. Hopkins, J. Honey, J.D. Harwell, P.C. Shoemaker and J.M. Kobayashi

American Journal of Public Health, 1988, vol. 78, issue 8, 949-952

Abstract: We analyzed Washington State inpatient hospital utilization for 165 AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) cases with 344 hospitalizations from July 1984 through December 1985. We found that mean charges per hospitalization were $9,166 and mean length of stay was 13.3 days. In addition, evaluation of two diagnosis-related groups (DRGs 079 and 398) commonly used for AIDS hospitalization showed that AIDS hospitalizations were substantially more expensive than non-AIDS hospitalizations within the same diagnosis-related group. AIDS-specific diagnosis-related groups may be necessary to achieve a balance between inpatient charges and reimbursements.

Date: 1988
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