In 2021, a hospital stay of patients requiring long-term nursing care in Japan had an average length of 327.8 days, while patients with common diseases stayed in hospitals for 16.1 days on average. That year, the average length of stay in hospitals of all patients amounted to 27.5 days.
Average length of stay in hospitals in Japan in 2021, by patient type
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MHLW (Japan). (September 30, 2022). Average length of stay in hospitals in Japan in 2021, by patient type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 08, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122193/japan-average-length-stay-hospitals-by-type-of-patients/
MHLW (Japan). "Average length of stay in hospitals in Japan in 2021, by patient type." Chart. September 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122193/japan-average-length-stay-hospitals-by-type-of-patients/
MHLW (Japan). (2022). Average length of stay in hospitals in Japan in 2021, by patient type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 08, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122193/japan-average-length-stay-hospitals-by-type-of-patients/
MHLW (Japan). "Average Length of Stay in Hospitals in Japan in 2021, by Patient Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122193/japan-average-length-stay-hospitals-by-type-of-patients/
MHLW (Japan), Average length of stay in hospitals in Japan in 2021, by patient type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122193/japan-average-length-stay-hospitals-by-type-of-patients/ (last visited December 08, 2023)
Average length of stay in hospitals in Japan in 2021, by patient type [Graph], MHLW (Japan), September 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1122193/japan-average-length-stay-hospitals-by-type-of-patients/