Volume 15, Number 9—September 2009
Dispatch
Trends in US Hospital Admissions for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
John Edelsberg, Charu Taneja, Marcus Zervos, Nadia Haque, Carol Moore, Katherine Reyes, James Spalding, Jenny Jiang, and Gerry Oster
Table 1
Estimated total number of US hospital admissions for SSTIs and infectious pneumonia, 2000–2004*
| Principal diagnosis | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Change from 2000 to 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSTI | 674,939 | 701,672 | 757,858 | 810,768 | 869,777 | 194,838 (+28.9%) |
| Infectious pneumonia | 1,202,387 | 1,177,972 | 1,229,204 | 1,272,686 | 1,172,304 | –30,083 (–2.5%) |
*SSTI, skin and soft tissue infection. Source: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample, 2000–2004.
