In Brazil, the average length of hospital stays due to mental health problems amounted to around 19 days in 2022. This figure has been constantly decreasing since 2014, when mental health patients were hospitalized for an average of 34.5 days. During the last year depicted, there were nearly 14,000 licensed psychiatrists practicing in the South American country.
Average length of hospital stays due to mental health conditions in Brazil from 2014 to 2022
(in days)
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Ministério da Saúde (Brazil) ( Sistema de Informações Hospitalares). (June 16, 2023). Average length of hospital stays due to mental health conditions in Brazil from 2014 to 2022 (in days) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091993/brazil-length-hospital-stays-mental-health-conditions/
Ministério da Saúde (Brazil) ( Sistema de Informações Hospitalares). "Average length of hospital stays due to mental health conditions in Brazil from 2014 to 2022 (in days)." Chart. June 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091993/brazil-length-hospital-stays-mental-health-conditions/
Ministério da Saúde (Brazil) ( Sistema de Informações Hospitalares). (2023). Average length of hospital stays due to mental health conditions in Brazil from 2014 to 2022 (in days). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091993/brazil-length-hospital-stays-mental-health-conditions/
Ministério da Saúde (Brazil) ( Sistema de Informações Hospitalares). "Average Length of Hospital Stays Due to Mental Health Conditions in Brazil from 2014 to 2022 (in Days)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091993/brazil-length-hospital-stays-mental-health-conditions/
Ministério da Saúde (Brazil) ( Sistema de Informações Hospitalares), Average length of hospital stays due to mental health conditions in Brazil from 2014 to 2022 (in days) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091993/brazil-length-hospital-stays-mental-health-conditions/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Average length of hospital stays due to mental health conditions in Brazil from 2014 to 2022 (in days) [Graph], Ministério da Saúde (Brazil) ( Sistema de Informações Hospitalares), June 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1091993/brazil-length-hospital-stays-mental-health-conditions/
