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| Indicator name |
Hospital average length of stay |
| Code |
HC-S10 |
| Type (EU indicator/ NAT - national indicator) |
NAT |
| Detailed definition |
Computed by dividing the number of days stayed in the hospital by the number of hospital discharges or deaths in hospital. |
| Breakdowns |
None |
| Comments/ Policy relevance |
This indicator provides one measure of the efficiency of the health care system. Member States may want to use this indicator together with a readmission rate (e.g. 28 days emergency readmission rate following ECHI) |
| Source |
Eurostat |
| SPC portfolio section |
Health and LTC - sustainability |
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