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Modelling nationwide hospital length of stay: opening the black box [PDF]

, 2005
Hospital length of stay is considered to be a reliable and valid proxy for measuring the consumption of hospital resources. Average length of stay, however, albeit easy to quantify and calculate, does not suitably reflect the nature of such underlying ...
Marshall, A.H., Vasilakis, C.
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Factors affecting length of stay in Children Hospital in Southern Iran

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background One of the effective indicators for determining the efficiency and optimal use of hospital resources is the length of stay (LOS). This study aimed to determine the patients’ length of stay and the factors affecting the LOS in the Children’s ...
Tayebeh Baniasadi, Kobra Kahnouji, Nasrin Davaridolatabadi, Saeed Hosseini Teshnizi   +3 more
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Length of Hospital Stay and Quality of Care [PDF]

, 2016
The relationship between Length Of hospital Stay (LOS) and Quality-of-Care (QofC) is demanding and difficult to assess. Indeed, a multifaceted intertwining network of countless services and LOS factors is available, which may range from organizational culture to hospital physicians availability, without discarding the possibility of lifting the foot on
José Neves 0001, Vasco Abelha, Henrique Vicente, João Neves 0001, José Machado 0001   +4 more
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Age effect on the prediction of risk of prolonged length hospital stay in older patients visiting the emergency department: results from a large prospective geriatric cohort study

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background With the rapid growth of elderly patients visiting the Emergency Department (ED), it is expected that there will be even more hospitalisations following ED visits in the future.
C. P. Launay, A. Kabeshova, A. Lanoé, J. Chabot, E. J. Levinoff, O. Beauchet   +5 more
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Impact of interhospital transfer on emergency department timeliness of care and in-hospital outcomes of adult non-trauma patients

Heliyon, 2023
Background: Patients who present to the emergency department (ED) from interhospital transfer (IHT) and non-IHT are known to have differences in various clinical outcomes including mortality.
Kun-Chuan Chen, Shu-Hui Wen
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Prediction of length of hospital stay

Comprehensive Psychiatry, 1972
Abstract The Missouri standard system of psychiatry 1 is a statewide program for reporting uniform information on all patients admitted to the hospitals within the Missouri Division of Mental Health. Professional staff, technicians, clerks, patients, and relatives contribute precoded observations about patients.
H, Altman, H V, Angle, M L, Brown, I W, Sletten   +3 more
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Factors influencing length of hospital stay in patients with diabetic foot ulcers [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Medical Practice, 2021
Diabetic foot represents the consequence of changes caused by diabetes in the foot, meaning an association of infection, ulceration and / or destruction of deep tissues with neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease in the foot, below the ankle. The aim
George NIȚĂ, Andreea GHERASIM, Otilia NIȚĂ, Alina Delia POPA, Lidia Iuliana ARHIRE, Laura MIHALACHE, Mariana GRAUR   +6 more
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Nutritional management and postoperative prognosis of newborns submitted to primary surgical repair of gastroschisis

Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2016
Objective: Gastroschisis is a defect of the abdominal wall, resulting in congenital evisceration and requiring neonatal intensive care, early surgical correction, and parenteral nutrition.
Flavia Miranda da Silva Alves, Marcelo Eller Miranda, Marcos José Burle de Aguiar, Maria Cândida Ferrarez Bouzada Viana   +3 more
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Evaluation of the Association of Length of Stay in Hospital and Outcomes [PDF]

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2021
ABSTRACT Background There exist wide variations in healthcare quality within the National Health Service (NHS). A shorter hospital length of stay (LOS) has been implicated as premature discharge, that may in turn lead to adverse consequences.
Han, Thang S, Murray, Paul, Robin, Jonathan, Wilkinson, Peter, Fluck, David, Fry, Christopher H   +5 more
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The relation of body mass index, demographic and health-related variables to length of stay for patients at an acute rehabilitation hospital after total hip arthroplasty [PDF]

, 2010
Obesity is a growing public health concern world-wide. At the same time, knee and hip replacements are becoming an increasingly regular treatment for osteoarthritis.
Thilo Kroll, null Greenberg, Greenberg, K., Kroll, T.   +3 more
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