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How Long to Stay in Hospital When Having Infectious Disease?

Average Length of Hospital Stay (Infectious and Parasitic Diseases) (days), 2013 or latest

Health Care | January 1, 2019

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Based on a comparison of 28 countries in 2013, Lithuania ranked the highest in average length of hospital stay for infectious and parasitic diseases with 13.0 days followed by Hungary and Italy. On the other end of the scale was Turkey with 3.50 days, New Zealand with 4.60 days and Mexico with 4.80 days.

Data for more countries are available at Average Length of Hospital Stay (Infectious and Parasitic Diseases) indicator page.

Average Length of Hospital Stay (Infectious and Parasitic Diseases)	Unit	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Belgium	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								7.60	7.70	7.90	8.00	7.90	...	...
Canada	days															9.80	10.2	8.80	8.80	8.80		...
Czechia	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								9.70	9.90	10.2	9.80	9.70
Estonia	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...								11.6	11.7	10.8	9.90	9.20
Finland	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							7.80	8.00	7.70	8.30	8.20
Hungary	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				10.4	10.9	10.7	10.3	10.8		...
Italy	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							9.40	9.60	9.90	9.80	10.2
Latvia	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Lithuania	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Luxembourg	days	...	...	...	...	...										8.20	8.20	8.10	8.50	8.50
Netherlands	days															8.80	8.50	8.50	8.30	8.10		...
Poland	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...					8.80	8.20	8.20	8.20	8.10
South Korea	days	...	...	...		...	...		...	...		...	...		...	...	10.8	9.30	9.60	9.80
Spain	days															8.50	8.70	8.80	9.00	8.90
Switzerland	days	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						8.40	8.50	8.40	8.70	8.20		...