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Recent Trends in Clinical Outcomes and Resource Utilization for Pulmonary Embolism in the United States: Findings From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample
Chest, 06/16/09

Park B et al. - Between 1998 and 2005, the number of hospitalized patients with a primary or secondary discharge diagnosis of PE increased from 126,546 to 229,637; hospital case-fatality rates for these patients decreased from 12.3% to 8.2%; length of hospital stay decreased from 9.4 days to 8.6 days; and total hospital charges increased from $25,293 to $43,740. Between 1998 and 2005, significant improvements were observed in outcomes for patients hospitalized with clinically recognized PE, including decreases in mortality and length of hospital stay. Charges for this hospital care increased during this time period.

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