Variation in length of stay within and between hospitals
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Variation in duration of hospital stay between hospitals and between doctors within hospitals.
Whether one examines the average length of hospital stay at the level of geographic areas, at the level of hospitals, or at the level of doctors, length-of-stay figures are known to vary widely. Even for hospital admissions for comparable surgical procedures among comparable groups of patients, significant length-of-stay variations have been reported. As is the case for variations in the occurr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hospital Administration
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1927-7008,1927-6990
DOI: 10.5430/jha.v3n4p53