title: Leading inpatient surgical procedures for aged Medicare beneficiaries, 1987.
abstract: Medicare program data on utilization and charges for short-stay hospital inpatient services are presented. The focus of this article is on trends in total and surgical discharges for selected years (1977-87) and highlights of regional variations in the most frequently reported (leading) surgical procedures performed on aged Medicare hospital insurance beneficiaries during 1987.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005249:Fees and Charges; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology