title: Hospital use in Poland and the United States.
abstract: This report presents national statistics on hospital use from the U.S. National Hospital Discharge Survey and the Polish General Hospital Morbidity Study. Comparisons are made of discharge rates, average lengths of stay, rates of patient care days, and fatality rates by sex, age, and diagnostic category. The similarities and differences between the two countries in population characteristics, health status, health services systems, and health care resources are also described.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Care Statistics, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kozak
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Bacon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krzyzanowski
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wojtyniak
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D006295:Health Resources / Q000592:standards; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States