Hospitalizations – Stroke
This indicator reports the hospitalization rate for Ischemic stroke among Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older for hospital stays occurring between 2018 and 2021.
Source
Source Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion monitors the health of the Nation and produces publicly available data to promote general health. The division maintains the Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke, an online mapping tool that allows users to create and customize county-level maps of heart disease and stroke by race and ethnicity, gender, age group, and more. The surveillance system also includes county-level estimates of selected risk factors for all U.S. counties to help target and optimize the resources for heart disease and stroke control and prevention.
Methodology
This indicator reports the hospitalization rate for Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older for hospital stays occurring between 2018 and 2020. Data are from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) file, Part A. Data are age-adjusted to the US Census 2000 standard. Conditions are defined using the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes below:
- All Heart Disease: 390-398, 402, 404, 410-429; principle (i.e., first-listed) diagnosis
- Coronary Heart Disease: 410-414, 429.2; principle (i.e., first-listed) diagnosis
- Hypertension: 401-405; principle (i.e., first-listed) diagnosis
- All Stroke: 430-434, 436-438; principle (i.e., first-listed) diagnosis
- Ischemic Stroke: 433-434; principle (i.e., first-listed) diagnosis
Data Breakouts Available
- Ischemic Stroke Hospitalization Rate by Year
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