Rates of hospital stays among older adults decreased in 2007 for angina (without procedure), congestive heart failure and diabetes, while diabetes-related hospitalizations among younger adults increased.
However, rates of potentially preventable hospitalizations for diabetes, chronic respiratory conditions, chronic cardiac conditions and acute conditions were still consistently higher for older adults than for younger ones. The over-65 group accounted for one-third of all hospitalizations in 2007.
Read the HFMA’s report on preventable hospitalizations.
