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Newborn & Maternity | Cardiology | General Surgery |
Pulmonary | Age Group |
Inpatient cases can be categorized
according to the types of services received (e.g., medical
or surgical) and the body systems involved (e.g., heart,
lung, brain, etc.). The resulting categorization includes
34 service types, commonly called service lines.1
Five service categories account for more than half of
all hospitalizations: neonatology (newborns), obstetrics
(maternity), cardiology, general surgery, and pulmonary.2
Since 1995, cardiology
hospitalizations increased most significantly (increasing 12.6 percent). Increases for pulmonary, general surgery, obstetrics/delivery and neonatology were more modest (increasing between 4.0 to 6.6 percent). These discharge trends are
expected to continue as Hawai'i's population ages.
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