Inpatient Medicare spending on cellulitis: Analysis of 2011-2015 trends and volume

Cellulitis is one of the most common reasons for hospital admission in the United States, accounting for over two million emergency department visits and 650,000 hospital admissions every year. As many of these patients are Medicare beneficiaries given the demographics of cellulitis, we sought to investigate trends in Medicare spending on inpatient cellulitis. We analyzed all publicly available reports released by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for more than 3,000 hospitals that received Medicare payments from 2011 to 2015.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Source Type: research