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How Long to Stay in Hospital with a Neoplasm?

Average Length of Hospital Stay (Neoplasms) (days), 2013 or latest

Health Care | January 1, 2019

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Based on a comparison of 28 countries in 2013, South Korea ranked the highest in average length of hospital stay for neoplasms with 11.9 days followed by Ireland and Germany. On the other end of the scale was Mexico with 4.70 days, Turkey with 4.90 days and Netherlands with 6.40 days.

Data for more countries are available at Average Length of Hospital Stay (Neoplasms) indicator page.

Average Length of Hospital Stay (Neoplasms)	Unit	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Belgium	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								9.30	9.10	8.80	8.70	8.60		...
Canada	days															9.50	9.50	9.30	9.10	9.00		...
Czechia	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								9.90	9.40	9.30	9.10	8.90
Finland	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							9.10	8.70	8.60	8.60	8.40
Germany	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								10.3	10.1	10.0	9.90	9.70
Ireland	days	...	...													11.4	11.2	11.1	10.7	10.6
Italy	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							9.50	9.40	9.30	9.10	9.10
Latvia	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Lithuania	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Luxembourg	days	...	...	...	...	...										9.30	9.00	9.30	9.30	8.90
Slovakia	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								8.80	8.70	8.40	8.20	8.00		...
South Korea	days	...	...	...		...	...		...	...		...	...		...	...	12.3	11.5	11.3	11.0
Spain	days															9.50	9.30	9.00	8.70	8.40
Switzerland	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						9.70	9.70	8.70	8.90	8.80		...
United Kingdom	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								8.80	8.70	8.60	8.40	8.20