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How Long to Stay in Hospital When Having AMI?

Average Length of Hospital Stay (Acute Myocardial Infarction) (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 acute myocardial infarction with 13.1 days followed by Germany and Estonia. On the other end of the scale was Turkey with 4.90 days, Slovakia with 4.90 days and Australia with 5.40 days.

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

Average Length of Hospital Stay (Acute Myocardial Infarction)	Unit	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Austria	days															8.40	8.30	8.30	8.10	8.30
Chile	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							7.70	7.70	7.90	7.80	7.80		...
Estonia	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								10.3	10.1	9.90	9.10	9.20
Finland	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							11.5	10.2	9.90	8.10	8.80
Germany	days	...														11.0	10.9	10.8	10.6	10.4
Hungary	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				8.70	8.90	8.60	8.30	8.40		...
Ireland	days	...	...													9.50	9.00	8.40	8.00	7.90
Italy	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							7.90	7.90	7.80	7.70	7.90
Lithuania	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
New Zealand	days															9.20	8.50	9.90	9.10	9.80
Slovenia	days	...	...	...	...											7.60	8.00	7.50	7.70	7.50
South Korea	days	...	...	...		...	...		...	...		...	...		...	...	13.7	14.0	10.4	11.6
Spain	days															8.40	8.30	8.10	7.80	7.60
Switzerland	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						6.80	7.10	6.60	6.90	6.70		...
United Kingdom	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								8.90	8.80	8.40	8.10	7.60