Length of Stay Predictions

作者: Vincent Liu , Patricia Kipnis , Michael K. Gould , Gabriel J. Escobar

DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0B013E3181E359F3

关键词: Outcome assessmentComorbidityEmergency medicineInpatient careOperations managementSeverity of illnessLinear modelResource utilizationMEDLINERetrospective cohort studyMedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

摘要: Background:Length of stay (LOS) is a common measure hospital resource utilization. Most methods for risk-adjusting LOS are limited by the use only administrative data. Recent studies suggest that adding automated clinical data to these models improves performance.Objectives:To evaluate uti

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