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QuickStats: Average Length of Hospital Stay for Persons with Hip
Fractures*, by Year --- United States, 1990--2003
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During 1990--2003, the average length of stay in the hospital for hip fractures declined 49%. In 1990, the estimated 281,000 patients hospitalized for hip fractures had an average
hospital stay of 12.8 days. In 2003, the estimated
304,000 patients with hip fractures had an average
hospital stay of 6.5 days.
SOURCE: National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS), annual files, 1990--2003. Available at
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/hdasd/nhds.htm.
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