Average Length of Stay for Discharges by Expected Primary Payer, 1997-2007
  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Medicare 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.6
Medicaid 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3
Private Insurance 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8
Uninsured 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0
Note: Uninsured includes discharges classified as self-pay or no charge.

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