Benchmarking and reducing length of stay in Dutch hospitals
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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). ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-220