Determinants of the Length of Stay in Stroke Patients
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Determinants of the Length of Stay in Stroke Patients
OBJECTIVES The study objective was to identify the factors that influence the length of stay (LOS) in hospital for stroke patients and to provide data for managing hospital costs by managing the LOS. METHODS This study used data from the Discharge Injury Survey of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which included 17,364 cases from 2005 to 2008. RESULT The LOS for stroke, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2210-9099
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrp.2013.10.008