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The 32.7 million patients in the nation’s hospitals in 2001 had a much shorter average stay (4.9 days) than patients in 1970, who were hospitalized for an average of 7.8 days, according to the National Hospital Discharge Survey from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Reports From the Field: Average hospital stays shorter, CDC reports