* The 2016 edition of the report doesn't provide data for all cancer cases.
** Only value for prostate cancer available in the 2017, 2018, and editions. Figure is only for not-for profit IDN hospitals.
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Inpatient average length of stay in U.S. hospitals by cancer type 2008-2017
This statistic displays the average length of stay in U.S. hospitals per inpatient cancer case, by cancer type between 2008 and 2017. In 2011, lung cancer inpatients stayed at the hospital for an average of *** days.
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