paraphrase text The average number of lengths stay between acute care and not acute care hospitals in Maryland is 24., in contrast 134 for the state of Virginia. The calculated confidence interval is between -3.90851 and -3.910132, and the p-value is reported as zero, signifying a significant disparity. This observed difference between the group averages also validates the research hypothesis. Consequently, the null hypothesis, which suggested no significant difference exists, is rejected