Average Length of Stay in Hospitals

Assessing HMO Performance: Average Length-Of-Stay

Generalized robust statistics method for estimating average length of stay in hospitals

Hospital length of stay is an important performance indicator for hospital management and a key measure of efficiency in health care. However, it is difficult to analyze as most distributions pertaining to hospital length of stay are asymmetric due to outliers. The objective of the present study is to suggest a new method to estimate average length of stay (ALOS). Data on LOS in the year 2010 f...

Benchmarking and reducing length of stay in Dutch hospitals

BACKGROUND To assess the development of and variation in lengths of stay in Dutch hospitals and to determine the potential reduction in hospital days if all Dutch hospitals would have an average length of stay equal to that of benchmark hospitals. METHODS The potential reduction was calculated using data obtained from 69 hospitals that participated in the National Medical Registration (LMR). ...

Determining Factors Influencing Length of Stay and Predicting Length of Stay Using Data Mining in the General Surgery Department

Background: Length of stay is one of the most important indicators in assessing hospital performance. A shorter stay can reduce the costs per discharge and shift care from inpatient to less expensive post-acute settings. It can lead to a greater readmission rate, better resource management, and more efficient services. Objective: This study aimed to ident...

Hospital discharges and length of stay: short-stay hospitals United States - july 1963-june 1964.

An estimated 24.8 million discharges from short-stay hospitals, involving at least one night's stay, occurred among the civilian, noninstitutional population during an average 12-month period ending during July 1963-June 1964. This estimate was derived from two sources-the Health Interview Survey and the National Mortality Survey, National Center for Health Statistics. Data obtained in househol...