The average stay of inpatients in hospitals in the United Kingdom in 2018 had the same value that was a little below seven days. This was a decrease from the previous years and the lowest value since 2011.
Average length of stay of hospital inpatients in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2018
Non-expenditure health care data provide information on institutions providing health care in countries, on resources used and on output produced in the framework of health care provision.
An in-patient is a patient who is formally admitted (or 'hospitalized') to an institution for treatment and/or care and stays for a minimum of one night or more than 24 hours in the hospital or other institution providing in-patient care.
The Data for this statistic was taken from the Eurostat Database with the code HLTH_CO_DISCHLS.
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Eurostat. (July 2, 2021). Average length of stay of hospital inpatients in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274540/uk-united-kingdom-inpatient-average-length-of-stay/
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Eurostat. (2021). Average length of stay of hospital inpatients in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274540/uk-united-kingdom-inpatient-average-length-of-stay/
Eurostat. "Average Length of Stay of Hospital Inpatients in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2011 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274540/uk-united-kingdom-inpatient-average-length-of-stay/
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Average length of stay of hospital inpatients in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2018 [Graph], Eurostat, July 2, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1274540/uk-united-kingdom-inpatient-average-length-of-stay/