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.
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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 May 21, 2022, 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 May 21, 2022. 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: May 21, 2022. 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 May 21, 2022)
