title: Trends in inpatient hospital deaths: National Hospital Discharge Survey, 2000-2010.
abstract: In 2000, there were 2.4 million deaths in the United States, and in 2010 there were 2.5 million (1,2). In both years, about one-third of these deaths occurred in short-stay, general hospitals (3), despite research that found that most Americans prefer to die in their own homes (4-6). This report presents National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) data from 2000 through 2010 on patients who died during hospitalization.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Care Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA.
authors.forename: Margaret Jean
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Shaleah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Levant
authors.forename: Carol J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: DeFrances
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology