State Comparisons

State

Rank

Medicare average length of stay

HAWAII

1

8.43

NEW YORK

2

7.51

VIRGINIA

3

6.36

NEVADA

4

6.35

SOUTH CAROLINA

5

6.24

NEW JERSEY

6

6.18

CONNECTICUT

7

6.13

TEXAS

8

6.11

DELAWARE

9

6.11

GEORGIA

10

6.03

NEBRASKA

11

6.02

RHODE ISLAND

12

6.01

MISSISSIPPI

13

6.00

MASSACHUSETTS

14

5.90

LOUISIANA

15

5.88

PENNSYLVANIA

16

5.86

NEW HAMPSHIRE

17

5.83

NORTH CAROLINA

18

5.82

CALIFORNIA

19

5.80

FLORIDA

20

5.74

ARKANSAS

21

5.74

NORTH DAKOTA

22

5.72

WEST VIRGINIA

23

5.71

TENNESSEE

24

5.69

ALASKA

25

5.60

MICHIGAN

26

5.58

MISSOURI

27

5.54

ALABAMA

28

5.54

INDIANA

29

5.54

OKLAHOMA

30

5.53

MAINE

31

5.50

KENTUCKY

32

5.48

VERMONT

33

5.42

KANSAS

34

5.42

ILLINOIS

35

5.41

NEW MEXICO

36

5.39

OHIO

37

5.33

COLORADO

38

5.31

ARIZONA

39

5.13

MINNESOTA

40

5.04

MARYLAND

41

5.02

UTAH

42

4.98

IOWA

43

4.97

WISCONSIN

44

4.91

SOUTH DAKOTA

45

4.88

MONTANA

46

4.85

WASHINGTON

47

4.78

OREGON

48

4.69

IDAHO

49

4.43

WYOMING

50

4.40

UNITED STATES

5.81