From 2018 to 2019, the share of elderly persons with one or more hospital stays slightly decreased in the U.S. In 2019, nearly 14 percent of persons in the age between 65 and 74 years had one or more hospital stays. This statistic shows the percentage of elderly persons with one or more hospital stays in the past year from 1997 to 2019, in the United States.
Percentage of elderly persons in the U.S. with one or more hospital stays in the past year from 1997 to 2019
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US Department of Health and Human Services. (August 12, 2022). Percentage of elderly persons in the U.S. with one or more hospital stays in the past year from 1997 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185133/elderly-persons-with-hospital-stays-in-past-year-in-the-us-since-1997/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Percentage of elderly persons in the U.S. with one or more hospital stays in the past year from 1997 to 2019." Chart. August 12, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185133/elderly-persons-with-hospital-stays-in-past-year-in-the-us-since-1997/
US Department of Health and Human Services. (2022). Percentage of elderly persons in the U.S. with one or more hospital stays in the past year from 1997 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185133/elderly-persons-with-hospital-stays-in-past-year-in-the-us-since-1997/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Percentage of Elderly Persons in The U.S. with One or More Hospital Stays in The past Year from 1997 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185133/elderly-persons-with-hospital-stays-in-past-year-in-the-us-since-1997/
US Department of Health and Human Services, Percentage of elderly persons in the U.S. with one or more hospital stays in the past year from 1997 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185133/elderly-persons-with-hospital-stays-in-past-year-in-the-us-since-1997/ (last visited June 13, 2024)
Percentage of elderly persons in the U.S. with one or more hospital stays in the past year from 1997 to 2019 [Graph], US Department of Health and Human Services, August 12, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185133/elderly-persons-with-hospital-stays-in-past-year-in-the-us-since-1997/