About 1.2 million cases of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers occurred in 2015. That reflected a rate of about 36 per 1,000 discharges, a decrease over the 2010 rate of 40 per 1,000 discharges.
AHRQ Stats: Pressure Ulcer Rates of Hospital Patients
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