Hospital Report (May 2026 Preliminary Figures)

This material provides an overview of the preliminary figures for May 2026 from the Hospital Report. Its central items are the average daily number of patients in hospitals, the bed occupancy rate at the end of the month, and the average length of stay.

In addition to the main overview, the material provides downloadable chart and table data and reference tables as related materials. The reference tables are structured to organize the number of patients, number of beds, bed occupancy rate, average length of stay, and other data by classifications such as type of hospital bed and prefecture and type of hospital and prefecture.

Reference Tables 1 and 3–9 cover the average daily number of inpatients, bed occupancy rate at the end of the month, average length of stay, total inpatient days, number of inpatients at the end of the month, number of beds, number of new inpatients, and number of discharged patients by type of hospital bed and prefecture. Reference Table 2 presents the average daily number of outpatients and total outpatient visits by type of hospital and prefecture.

In addition, the material provides information on the number of patients, number of beds, and prefecture for long-term care beds in hospitals. For clinics with long-term care beds, it also organizes the average daily number of inpatients, bed occupancy rate, average length of stay, number of patients, and number of beds by prefecture. The contact office is the Health Statistics Office, Office of the Assistant Director-General for Policy Planning.