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Health Care: Hospitals Using the number of hospitals per state listed in the table in Problem 3, make a stem-and-leaf display for the number of community hospitals per state. Which states have an unusually high number of hospitals?
3. Health Care: Hospitals The American Medical Association Center for Health Policy Research, in its publication State Health Care Data: Utilization, Spending, and Characteristics, included data, by state, on the number of community hospitals and the average patient stay (in days). The data are shown in the table. Make a stem-and-leaf display of the data for the average length of stay in days. Comment about the general shape of the distribution.
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