The American Medical Association Center for Health Policy Research included data, by state, on the number of community hospitals and the average patient stay (in days) in its publication State Health Care Data: Utilization, Spending, and Characteristics. The data (by state) are shown in the table. StateNo. of
HospitalsAverage
Length
of StayStateNo. of
HospitalsAverage
Length
of StayStateNo. of
HospitalsAverage
Length
of Stay
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
D. C.
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas119
16
61
88
440
71
35
8
11
227
162
19
41
209
113
123
1337.0
5.7
5.5
7.0
6.0
6.8
7.4
6.8
7.5
7.0
7.2
9.4
7.1
7.3
6.6
8.4
7.8Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
N. Carolina107
136
38
51
101
175
148
102
133
53
90
21
27
96
37
231
1176.9
6.7
7.2
6.8
7.0
7.3
8.7
7.2
7.4
10.0
9.6
6.4
7.0
7.6
5.5
9.9
7.3N. Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
S. Carolina
S. Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
W. Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming47
193
113
66
236
12
68
52
122
421
42
15
98
92
59
129
2711.1
6.6
6.7
5.3
7.5
6.9
7.1
10.3
6.8
6.2
5.2
7.6
7.0
5.6
7.1
7.3
8.5