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Table 2 Temporal trend of average hospital charges & length of stay for each inpatient case

From: Racial disparity and regional variance in healthcare utilization among patients with lung cancer in US hospitals during 2016–2019

 

2016

2017

2018

2019

P

Unweighted N

23,110

23,189

23,032

22,828

 

Weighted N [National Estimates]

115,550

115,945

115,160

114,140

 

Hospital Charges [USD]

74,453

77,129

79,535

80,932

< 0.0001

Length of Stay [Days]

6.35

6.29

6.13

6.08

< 0.0001