In 2021, the average length of stay for patients in European hospitals was 7.45 days. With an average of nearly ten days, Hungary had the highest length of stay in Europe, followed by Czechia and Germany. On the other hand, people in the Netherlands stayed just 4.5 days on average in a hospital. This statistic represents the average length of stay in hospital in European countries in 2021 in days.
Average length of stay in hospital in European countries in 2021
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*EU average calculated using EU25 countries (except where data unavailable)
EU25 = Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
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OECD. (December 18, 2023). Average length of stay in hospital in European countries in 2021 (in days) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242250/average-length-of-hospital-stay-in-europe/
OECD. "Average length of stay in hospital in European countries in 2021 (in days)." Chart. December 18, 2023. Statista. Accessed February 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242250/average-length-of-hospital-stay-in-europe/
OECD. (2023). Average length of stay in hospital in European countries in 2021 (in days). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242250/average-length-of-hospital-stay-in-europe/
OECD. "Average Length of Stay in Hospital in European Countries in 2021 (in Days)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242250/average-length-of-hospital-stay-in-europe/
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Average length of stay in hospital in European countries in 2021 (in days) [Graph], OECD, December 18, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1242250/average-length-of-hospital-stay-in-europe/
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