Nationwide Hospital Profile - "Average Length of Stay"
			Medicare Patients		Commercial Patients
			Inpatient Average		Inpatient Average
	Rank	State	Length of Stay		Length of Stay
	1	Oregon	4.6		3.5
	2	Idaho	4.8		3.3
	3	Wyoming	4.9		3.6
	4	Montana	4.9		3.7
	5	Utah	5.1		3.8
	6	Arizona	5.3		4.0
	7	South Dakota	5.5		4.1
	8	Colorado	5.5		4.1
	9	Iowa	5.5		4.2
	10	Minnesota	5.6		4.2
	11	Wisconsin	5.7		3.9
	12	Washington	5.7		4.2
	13	New Mexico	5.8		4.3
	14	North Dakota	5.8		4.4
	15	California	5.9		4.1
	16	Maine	5.9		4.4
	17	Alaska	6.0		4.5
	18	Nebraska	6.0		4.5
	19	Vermont	6.0		4.5
	20	Ohio	6.0		4.5
	21	Kentucky	6.0		4.5
	22	Indiana	6.1		4.5
	23	Alabama	6.1		4.2
	24	Georgia	6.2		4.3
	25	Missouri	6.2		4.7
	26	Illinois	6.2		4.7
	27	Kansas	6.3		4.7
	28	Florida	6.3		4.3
	29	Delaware	6.3		4.4
	30	West Virginia	6.4		4.8
	31	Arkansas	6.4		4.5
	32	Tennessee	6.5		4.8
	33	Maryland	6.5		4.8
	34	Virginia	6.5		4.9
	35	North Carolina	6.5		4.9
	36	Michigan	6.5		4.9
	37	Nevada	6.6		4.9
	38	Oklahoma	6.6		5.0
	39	Mississippi	6.7		5.0
	40	Connecticut	6.7		4.6
	41	South Carolina	6.9		5.2
	42	Pennsylvania	6.9		5.2
	43	Rhode Island	7.0		5.2
	44	Louisiana	7.1		5.3
	45	New Hampshire	7.1		5.3
	46	Texas	7.3		5.5
	47	Massachusetts	7.4		5.6
	48	District of Columbia	8.0		5.5
	49	Hawaii	8.3		5.7
	50	New Jersey	8.4		5.8
	51	New York	10.4		7.2
	National Average		6.3		4.6
Medicare data: MEDPAR file from HCFA for FFY 1998
Commercial data: excludes Pediatric, Deliveries and Babies
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