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Predictors of length of stay in a psychiatric hospital
International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2015This article reviews the available evidence for predicting length of stay in a psychiatric hospital based on several patient characteristics.An OVID Medline search was done for studies in this area with terms: length of stay, acute psychiatric hospital and predictors.
Ganesh Gopalakrishna, Muaid Ithman
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Length of stay in community hospitals
Nursing Standard, 2001To identify the factors that contribute to variation in length of stay in hospital.After a pilot study, an audit was undertaken in 11 community hospitals in a single trust over an eight-week period. Each ward was audited once. During the audit period 202 patients' records were reviewed, of which 71 were GP admissions and 131 were consultant admissions ...
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Hospital Length of Stay and Readmission
Medical Care Research and Review, 2013This article is an investigation into the relationship between length of stay and readmission within 30 days of discharge from an acute care hospitalization. We estimated probability models for heart attack and for heart failure patients using generalized estimating techniques applied to hospital administrative data from California for calendar year ...
Kathleen, Carey, Meng-Yun, Lin
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Determinants of Hospital Length of Stay
JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 1993An example of the inefficiency of cost-based reimbursement is that wide variations were observed between hospitals and between regions in the cost of treating similar diagnoses, with no apparent differences in quality. To correct these variations, the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act and its concomitant prospective payment system based on DRGs ...
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Length of Stay, Jaundice, and Hospital Readmission
Pediatrics, 1998Objective. To evaluate the effect of postnatal age at the time of discharge on the risk of readmission to hospital with specific reference to readmission for hyperbilirubinemia. Design. Case-control study based on chart review. Setting.
M J, Maisels, E, Kring
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Comorbidities and prediction of length of hospital stay
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1998Abstract Background: Variability in length of stay (LOS) within Australian National Diagnosis Related Groups (AN‐DRGs) reflects clinical heterogeneity in age, severity of illness, complications and comorbidities. Aim: To develop a clinically based score which measures patient morbidity and which will better predict LOS compared to existing methods ...
C J, Roe +3 more
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Nutritional Status and Length of Hospital Stay
2014The length of hospital stay reflects the response to treatment, which in turn is directly influenced by the patient’s nutritional status.Although the reported prevalences of hospital-associated malnutrition vary greatly depending on practice and assessment instrument, the association between malnutrition and length of stay is consistent and has always ...
Leandro-Merhi, Vania Aparecida +2 more
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Hospital length of stay and nutritional status
Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 2005This review looks at the recent medical literature on the association between hospital length of stay and nutritional status.Simple anthropometric parameters underestimate the nutritional risk in hospitalized patients. The Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool and Nutritional Risk Screening are simple screening tools that identify patients who require ...
Kyle UG, Genton L, Pichard C
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Factors Influencing Length of Hospital Stay
Psychiatric Services, 1985Dr. Sharfstein's Introduction: What determines length of stay for psychiatric patients? This is a subject of intense concern in an era of prospective payment and diagnosis-related groups (DRGs). This month's column reports a survey of a broad panel of mental health professionals about the factors that most frequently influence length of hospital stay ...
J E, Mezzich, G A, Coffman
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Reducing Hospital Inpatient Lengths of Stay
Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 1999This article describes the importance of hospital length of stay as an indicator of health care efficiency and provides guidance concerning the development of data for length of stay reduction. It identifies variables involved in length of stay evaluation including the mean stay, median stay, and length of stay standard deviation.
M E, Murphy, C M, Noetscher
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