Number of End-Of-Life Days in Hospital (By State)
New York and New Jersey are home to 12 of the 25 regions, and 19 of the 25 individual hospitals, where patients are hospitalized longest in their last six months of life. Names in orange indicate regions and hospitals in NY/NJ.

Where We Spend Our Dying Days

Chronically ill patients in New York and New Jersey spend more time in the hospital during their last six months of life than their counterparts in the rest of the country — an average of 14.4 and 12.9 days, respectively. The national average is 9.8 days.