This statistic displays the aggregate costs of hospital stays for super-utilizers and other patients in the United States in 2012, by payer. During this time, total hospital costs for Medicare super-utilizers between the ages of 1 and 64 years reached 10.7 billion U.S. dollars. A relatively large proportion of the United States' health care resources are consumed by a small percentage of the population, where about a quarter of the country's health expenses are incurred by 1 percent of the population.
Aggregate costs of hospital stays for super-utilizers and other patients in the U.S. in 2012, by payer
(in billion U.S. dollars)
* Super-utilizers are patients covered by Medicare or Medicaid with four or more hospital stays and privately insured patients with three or more hospital stays in 2012.
*Duration: 12 months, billed annually, single license
Yes, let me download!
...and make my research life easier.
Exclusive Corporate feature
This feature is limited to our corporate solutions.
Please contact us to get started with full access to dossiers, forecasts, studies and international data.
Corporate Account
Statista Accounts:
Access All Statistics. Starting from $708 / Year
Basic Account
Get to know the platform
You only have access to basic statistics.
Premium Account
Your perfect start with Statista
Instant access to 1m statistics
Download in XLS, PDF & PNG format
Detailed references
$59 / Month *
Corporate Account
Full access
Corporate solution including all features.
* All products require an annual contract.
Prices do not include sales tax.
Statista Accounts:
Access All Statistics. Starting from $708 / Year
Learn more about how Statista can support your business.
AHRQ. (May 1, 2012). Aggregate costs of hospital stays for super-utilizers and other patients in the U.S. in 2012, by payer (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 19, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/453265/total-costs-of-hospital-stays-for-us-super-utilizers-and-other-patients-by-payer/
AHRQ. "Aggregate costs of hospital stays for super-utilizers and other patients in the U.S. in 2012, by payer (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. May 1, 2012. Statista. Accessed February 19, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/453265/total-costs-of-hospital-stays-for-us-super-utilizers-and-other-patients-by-payer/
AHRQ. (2012). Aggregate costs of hospital stays for super-utilizers and other patients in the U.S. in 2012, by payer (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 19, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/453265/total-costs-of-hospital-stays-for-us-super-utilizers-and-other-patients-by-payer/
AHRQ. "Aggregate Costs of Hospital Stays for Super-utilizers and Other Patients in The U.S. in 2012, by Payer (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/453265/total-costs-of-hospital-stays-for-us-super-utilizers-and-other-patients-by-payer/
AHRQ, Aggregate costs of hospital stays for super-utilizers and other patients in the U.S. in 2012, by payer (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/453265/total-costs-of-hospital-stays-for-us-super-utilizers-and-other-patients-by-payer/ (last visited February 19, 2020)
We use cookies to personalize contents and ads, offer social media features, and analyze access to our website. In your browser settings you can configure or disable this, respectively, and can delete any already placed cookies. For details, please see your browser’s Help section (by pressing F1). Please see our privacy statement for details about how we use data.
