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Medicare paid for 31.0 percent
of all discharges (
Figure 4A-3
)
and 68.1 percent of inpatient
discharges of persons aged 65
years or older (
Table 4A-4
).
Private insurance was the
second
most
frequently
recorded expected source of
payment, accounting for 26.3
percent of inpatient discharges.
The Arizona Health Care Cost
Containment System (AHCCCS;
the State?s Medicaid Program)
accounted for 21.1 percent of
hospital inpatient discharges.
Figure4A-3
Hospital Inpatient Discharges byPayer, ArizonaResidents, 2013
Note: The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System is the State?s Medicaid Program.
The rhythm of hospital births by
day of the week (see
Figure
1B-14
) reveals that the daily
average of resident live births in
2013 was substantially lower on
weekends than on weekdays.
The same pattern applies to
hospital inpatient admissions
excluding newborn infants
(
Figure4A-4
).
Figure4A-4
Percent of Hospital Inpatient Admissions byDay of theWeek,
ArizonaResidents, 2013
Arizona Health Status and Vital Statistics 2013
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