In 2023, the average U.S. hospital length of stay (LOS) varied from as high as *** days in the District of Columbia to just *** days in Utah and South Dakota. A lot of factors contribute to a patient's LOS such as comorbidity, staffing levels, and patient mix. Therefore, LOS is not just a measure of hospital efficiency but is complicated by case complexity.

In 2022, a hospital stay in the United States had an average length of 5.2 days. Between 1999 and 2019, inpatient hospital length of stay fluctuated little, averaging at 4.5 to 4.7. Since 2019, inpatient stays have increased by half a day.

In 2022, the average length of stay in a hospital in Japan for curative inpatient care was 27.3 days. This is a decrease from an average of 32.5 days in the year 2010. On the other hand, inpatients receiving curative care (as opposed to rehabilitative care) stayed on average just 5.6 days in Australia and Sweden.

In 2018, the state of Wyoming had the longest average stay in community hospitals, with a patient staying an average of **** days. Utah, on the other hand, had the shortest average length of stay in community hospitals with just *** days.

Hospital stays

The percentage of people in the U.S. with one or more hospitals stays in the past year has gradually decreased over the past couple decades. In 2017, around *** percent of the U.S. population had one or more hospital stays in the past year. Females report more hospital stays than males, and unsurprisingly, those aged 65 years and older are much more likely to be hospitalized than younger people.

Hospitals

Just as the percentage of people in the U.S. who have been hospitalized each year has decreased, so has the number of hospitals. In 1975, there were around ***** hospitals in the U.S., compared to ***** hospitals in the year 2018. Predictably, the number of available hospital beds in the U.S. has also decreased. In 2018, there were ******* hospital beds in the United States.

In 2023, a hospital stay of patients requiring long-term nursing care in Japan had an average length of ***** days, while patients with common diseases stayed in hospitals for **** days on average. That year, the average length of stay in hospitals of all patients amounted to **** days.

In 2022, inpatients treated for COVID-19 in the United States spent longer in hospital than for other selected diseases, at an average of 6.4 days in hospital. This statistic illustrates the average length of stay in hospital per inpatient case in the United States in 2022, by disease.

In 2023, with an average of nearly ten days, Hungary had the highest length of stay in Europe at *** days, followed by Czechia at *** days and Germany at * days. On the other hand, people in the Netherlands stayed just *** days on average in a hospital. This statistic represents the average length of stay in hospital in European countries in 2023 in days.

In 2023, the average length of an inpatient hospital stay amounted to *** days in Denmark. Over the documented period, the average length of overnight stays in hospitals steadily declined.

In the period from 2010 to 2022, the average length of hospital stay for acute care in the United Kingdom (UK) has not changed significantly. In 2010, the average length of stay in hospital was *** days, by 2022 it was *** days after remaining at six days in intervening years. High amount of admissions to hospital There were almost *** million admissions to hospital between January and March 2018 in England. This quarterly figure of admissions has remained fairly consistent since 2014. The busiest hospital trust in England by admissions in the year 2017/18 was the Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust with almost *** thousand admissions. Situation in Accident and Emergency In the third quarter of 2017/18, A&E in England received over six million attendees. The number of attendances has been creeping upwards since 2012. *** percent of people attending A&E in the last year were diagnosed with a dislocation, fracture, joint injury or amputation, followed by *** percent with a respiratory condition.

In 2023, the average length of an inpatient hospital stay amounted to *** days in Sweden. Over the documented period, the average length of overnight stays in hospitals declined slightly.

The average length of stay in hospitals for inpatient acute care in Italy in 2021 differed for each age group of the patients. According to the data, patients aged 75 years and older spent, on average, roughly *** days for acute care in hospitals, whereas children between *** and four years old stayed in hospital approximately **** days. This statistic shows the average length of stay in hospitals for inpatient acute care in Italy in 2021, by age group.

In the fiscal year 2023 to 2024, the average length of hospital stay in Canada stood at 7.3 days. Since 2010, the average length of stay in Canadian hospitals have not changed much. The lowest average length of hospital stays was recorded in 2017/18, with 6.8 days, whereas the longest was in 2010/11 and the past two years, with an average of 7.3 days.

In 2023, the average length of an inpatient hospital stay amounted to **** days in Norway. Over the documented period, the average length of overnight stays in hospitals steadily declined.

In Canada, while giving birth was the most common reason for staying in hospital, the average length of stay (LOS) was the shortest, at just *** days, compared to the other top ten diagnoses in 2023/24. Inpatients with neurocognitive disorders stayed the longest, with an average LOS of **** days.

The average length of hospitalisation for curative care in Ireland decreased by *** days (-**** percent) since the previous year. Find more key insights for the average length of hospitalisation in countries like Italy, Portugal, and United Kingdom.

The average length of hospitalisation for curative care in Lithuania decreased by *** days (-**** percent) since the previous year. Therefore, the average length of stay in Lithuania saw its lowest number in that year with *** days. Find more key insights for the average length of hospitalisation in countries like Italy, Slovakia, and United Kingdom.

In the United States from 2022 to 2024, the average length of stay for patients diagnosed with COPD with MCC being treated by hospital at home programs was *** days, while for patients in brick-and-mortar hospitals the average length of stay for COPD was *** days. In general the average length of stay for hospital at home was slightly longer than in comparable hospitals.

In 2021, the average length of stay in a hospital in Germany for acute myocardial infarction, or a heart attack, was nine days. In comparison, the average length of stay in a hospital for a heart attack in Canada was just five days. This statistic shows the average length of stay in hospitals for acute myocardial infarction in select countries worldwide in 2021.

In 2023, the average length of an inpatient hospital stay amounted to four days in Finland. Over the documented period, the average length of overnight stays in hospitals declined slightly.

This statistic displays the average length of stay in U.S. hospitals per inpatient cancer case, by cancer type between 2008 and 2017. In 2011, lung cancer inpatients stayed at the hospital for an average of *** days.