Reducing the length of stay in hospital.

Reducing the length of stay in hospital.

Unlike their British counterparts, Soviet health care planners have long adhered to a strategy of adding to the number of hospital beds each year. Consequently, the proportion of the population admitted to hospital has grown steadily; by 1983 this had reached the historically high level of 2477%. Although the extra capacity has been advantageous in several respects, it can scarcely have encoura...

Factors associated with length of stay in hospital among the elderly patients using count regression models

    Background: Aging is a major challenge not only for high-income countries but also for middle- and low-income countries. The length of stay (LOS) in hospitals is one of the major concerns of elderly patients, which should be taken into consideration. We aimed to investigate the factors affecting LOS of elderly patients admitted to a referral hospital of northeast of Iran.    Methods: A rel...

Factors Affecting the Length of Hospital Stay in Patients with Ischemic Stroke Treated by Intravenous Thrombolysis

Background and purpose: Ischemic stroke is one of the most common neurological diseases that leads to disability in many cases. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the duration of hospitalization in patients with ischemic stroke undergoing thrombolytic therapy. Materials and methods: This retrospective descriptive-analytical study was performed in consecutive adult p...

Factors that influence the stroke care team's effectiveness in reducing the length of hospital stay.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of a quality improvement program for improving stroke care and the determinants of success at the team and hospital levels. Method- For 16 months, 23 multidisciplinary stroke service teams participated in a quality improvement collaborative designed to set up stroke services and reduce the length of hospital stay (LOHS)...

Factors Affecting length of Stay in Specialized Women Hospital in Bandar Abbas