Heart Failure Quality Measures
Length of Stay
According to the most recent national data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) , the average length of stay for heart failure in the US was 5.5 days.
In 2006, the average length of stay for heart failure patients at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center was 4.65 days.