| Discharge type | Number of discharges |
Percent of total discharges |
| Routine | 29 million | 74 percent |
| Discharge to long-term care facility | 4.9 million | 12 percent |
| Discharge to home with home healthcare supervision | 3.6 million | 12 percent |
| Hospital death | 800,000 | 2 percent |
| Discharge to another short-term hospital | 800,000 | 2 percent |
| Discharge against medical advice | 400,000 | 1 percent |
| Total discharges |
39.5 million |
100 percent |
Source: HCUP Facts and Figures: Statistics on Hospital-Based Care in the United States, 2007.
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