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Table 2 Hospital utilization for all causes except V–Z, 2002–2019

From: The association between pharmaceutical innovation and both premature mortality and hospital utilization in Switzerland, 1996–2019

Year

No. of hospital days

Population

Hospital days per 1000 population

Average length of stay

2002

11,479,682

7,255,653

1582

11.4

2003

11,424,156

7,313,853

1562

11.3

2004

10,995,761

7,364,148

1493

10.8

2005

10,929,566

7,415,102

1474

10.6

2006

10,677,099

7,459,128

1431

10.2

2007

10,417,517

7,508,739

1387

9.7

2008

10,408,136

7,593,494

1371

9.5

2009

10,444,939

7,701,856

1356

9.2

2010

11,248,330

7,785,806

1445

9.0

2011

11,380,995

7,870,134

1446

8.8

2012

1,1150,469

7,954,662

1402

8.7

2013

11,292,607

8,039,060

1405

8.6

2014

11,388,407

8,139,631

1399

8.5

2015

11,535,738

8,237,666

1400

8.4

2016

11,738,624

8,327,126

1410

8.3

2017

11,612,636

8,419,550

1379

8.2

2018

11,500,553

8,484,130

1356

8.2

2019

11,512,426

8,544,527

1347

8.2

2019/2002

1.00

1.18

0.85

0.71