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Determinants of tourists’ length of stay

PLoS ONE, 2021
This paper aims to identify the determinants of the length of stay (LoS) of international tourists in Norway. The paper reassesses the standard assumption related to tourists’ LoS; it refers to the travel industry’s current trends, and it postulates a ...
Ove Oklevik, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko, Luiza Ossowska, Dorota Janiszewska   +4 more
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Determinants of Hospital Length of Stay among Burn Patients Using Quantile Regression [PDF]

Taṣvīr-i salāmat, 2021
Background and Objectives Burns is one of the most common and potentially dangerous public health problems. Burn patients' hospitalization facilitates the provision of medical services.
Kavous Shahsavarinia, Hassan Soleimanpour, Sepideh Harzand Jadidi, Mohammad Saadati, Aida Javanmardi, Gilani Neda   +5 more
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Do the etiology of hyponatremia and serum sodium levels affect the length of hospital stay in geriatric patients with hyponatremia? [PDF]

Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2022
Background: Hyponatremia can lead to a prolonged hospital stay and increased morbidity and mortality rates in geriatric patients. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of hyponatremia etiology and serum sodium (Na) levels on hospitalisation time in ...
Baser Salih, Yılmaz Cakmak Nuray, Gemcioglu Emin   +2 more
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Association between Admission Blood Glucose Levels and Clinical Outcomes among Diabetic Adults Admitted to a Tertiary Care Hospital in Chennai, India: A Retrospective Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Introduction: Admission blood glucose levels have an impact on hospitalisation and Length Of Stay (LOS). Uncontrolled blood glucose levels have been found to affect patients’ outcomes.
Dineshkumar Saravanan, Seethalakshmi Avudaiappan   +1 more
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The increasing impact of length of stay “outliers” on length of stay at an urban academic hospital

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background As healthcare systems strive for efficiency, hospital “length of stay outliers” have the potential to significantly impact a hospital’s overall utilization.
Andrew H. Hughes, David Horrocks, Curtis Leung, Melissa B. Richardson, Ann M. Sheehy, Charles F. S. Locke   +5 more
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Length of Stay, Conditional Length of Stay, and Prolonged Stay in Pediatric Asthma [PDF]

Health Services Research, 2003
Objective. To understand differences in length of stay for asthma patients between New York State and Pennsylvania across children's and general hospitals in order to better guide policy.Data Sources/Study Setting. All pediatric admissions for asthma in the states of Pennsylvania and New York using claims data obtained from each state for the years ...
Jeffrey H, Silber, Paul R, Rosenbaum, Orit, Even-Shoshan, Mayadah, Shabbout, Xuemei, Zhang, Eric T, Bradlow, Roger R, Marsh   +6 more
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Accurate measurement of ventilator length of stay and ventilator days for use in assessing patient safety and ventilator associated events

Journal of Mechanical Ventilation, 2020
Objective: Accurate measurements of ventilator length of stay are important for quality measures and mandated by Centers of Disease Control for reporting ventilator associated events.
Kimiyo Yamasaki, Joshua Mullen , Ron Sanderson   +2 more
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Appropriateness of hospital admission and length of stay in the pediatric department of a tertiary care hospital in West Bengal

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2023
Background: Appropriateness of admissions and inpatient length of stay (LOS) are important factors controlling health-care expenditure. The current study was conducted to assess the proportion of appropriate admissions among 29-day to 12-year--old aged ...
Sampriti Samanta, Alapan Bandyopadhyay, Abhijit Mukherjee, Sharmistha Bhattacherjee   +3 more
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بررسی فراوانی و الگوی تداخل دارویی در بیماران بستری در بخش اورژانس؛ یک مطالعه مقطعی

طب اورژانس ایران, 2020
مقدمه: تداخل دارویی به عنوان یکی از مهمترین زیر مجموعه های اشتباهات دارویی می‌تواند منجر به واکنش‌های ناخواسته در بیماران شود. با توجه به افزایش میزان تداخل دارویی و عوارض ناشی از آن؛ این مطالعه با هدف بررسی فراوانی و الگوی تداخل دارویی در بیماران بستری ...
مصطفی علوی مقدم, محمد سیستانی زاد, آرامش شمس, ربابه قدسی قاسم‌آبادی   +3 more
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Length of Stay [PDF]

Archives of Surgery, 2007
Although demographic and clinical information are known to affect hospital length of stay (LOS), we hypothesized that LOS after traumatic injury would be significantly influenced by nonclinical factors.Retrospective database analysis.Trauma patients treated at hospitals participating in data submission to the National Trauma Data Bank.The National ...
Karen J, Brasel, Hyun J, Lim, Ram, Nirula, John A, Weigelt   +3 more
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