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Release of Alaska Vital Statistics 2020-2021 Excess Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Report
The Alaska Health Analytics and Vital Records Section would like to announce the release of the 2020-2021 Excess Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Report. This report is now available on our Data and Statistics page.
This special report presents an analysis of excess hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits since the COVID-19 pandemic in Alaska. Estimates of excess hospitalizations can provide information about health facility utilization and morbidity both directly and indirectly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Data are taken from the Alaska Health Facilities Data Reporting (HFDR) program’s inpatient and outpatient discharge databases. HFDR hospitalization data may differ from other hospital data reporting systems such as the Alaska Section of Epidemiology’s COVID-19 case and hospitalization surveillance dashboards.
This special report presents an analysis of excess hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits since the COVID-19 pandemic in Alaska. Estimates of excess hospitalizations can provide information about health facility utilization and morbidity both directly and indirectly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Data are taken from the Alaska Health Facilities Data Reporting (HFDR) program’s inpatient and outpatient discharge databases. HFDR hospitalization data may differ from other hospital data reporting systems such as the Alaska Section of Epidemiology’s COVID-19 case and hospitalization surveillance dashboards.
- COVID-19 was the principal diagnosis for 820 inpatient hospitalizations in 2020 and 2,520 in 2021, a 207% increase. COVID-19 was also the principal diagnosis code for 2,968 ED visits in 2020 and 8,930 visits in 2021, a 201% increase.
- Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis experienced the largest percent increases in inpatient hospitalization rates compared to the 2017-2019 average, at +28% in 2020, and +58% in 2021.
- In 2020, aortic aneurysm and dissection experienced the largest percent increase in ED visit rates compared to the 2017-2019 average at +18%, while chronic liver disease and cirrhosis experienced the largest increase in 2021 at +41%
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