Siamak Kargari

Shariati Hospital, Medical Education Research Center, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Assessment of length of stay in a general surgical unit using a zero-inflated generalized Poisson regression

Background: The effective use of limited health care resources is of prime importance. Assessing the length of stay (LOS) is especially important in organizing hospital services and health system. This study was conducted to identify predictors of LOS among patients who were admitted to a general surgical unit.    Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the sample included all patien...