Length of stay (LOS) is an important performance indicator for costing and hospital management and a key measure of efficiency of NHS. However, LOS is difficult to analyse because its statistical distribution is non-normal and LOS data habitually have many outliers. Furthermore, the usefulness of LOS for improving NHS performance is undermined because no adjustments are made for some key factors. This paper addresses both these problems. Health episodes statistics data from the UK NHS for 1997/98, and 1998/99 are analysed to investigate the effects of five key variables: admission method, discharge destination, provider (hospital) type, speciality and NHS region. All are found to influence LOS. The effects of some factors are substantial, a...
This paper examines the combined use of a prospective view of length of stay (LOS) using life table ...
BackgroundIncreased length of stay (LOS) for patients is an important measure of the burden of healt...
The primary objective of hospital managers is to establish appropriate healthcare planning and organ...
This is a pre-copy-editing, author produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in IMA Journa...
Hospital length of stay (LOS) is often used as a reliable proxy for measuring the consumption of hos...
Abstract Background Accurate calculation of hospital length of stay (LOS) from the English Hospital ...
Hospital length of stay of patients is a crucial factor for the effective planning and management of...
Hospital length of stay of patients is a crucial factor for the effective planning and management of...
International audienceObjective: This systematic review sought to establish a picture of length of s...
BACKGROUND. Length of stay (LOS) is an important measure of hospital activity and health care utiliz...
Abstract Background Predicting hospital length of stay (LoS) for patients with COVID-19 infection is...
Overview This audit is the second in a series of performance audits examining hospital efficiency a...
Before a meaningful evaluation of the performance of a hospital over any output or outcome can be ma...
Before a meaningful evaluation of the performance of a hospital over any output or outcome can be ma...
Hospital length of stay is considered to be a reliable and valid proxy for measuring the consumption...
This paper examines the combined use of a prospective view of length of stay (LOS) using life table ...
BackgroundIncreased length of stay (LOS) for patients is an important measure of the burden of healt...
The primary objective of hospital managers is to establish appropriate healthcare planning and organ...
This is a pre-copy-editing, author produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in IMA Journa...
Hospital length of stay (LOS) is often used as a reliable proxy for measuring the consumption of hos...
Abstract Background Accurate calculation of hospital length of stay (LOS) from the English Hospital ...
Hospital length of stay of patients is a crucial factor for the effective planning and management of...
Hospital length of stay of patients is a crucial factor for the effective planning and management of...
International audienceObjective: This systematic review sought to establish a picture of length of s...
BACKGROUND. Length of stay (LOS) is an important measure of hospital activity and health care utiliz...
Abstract Background Predicting hospital length of stay (LoS) for patients with COVID-19 infection is...
Overview This audit is the second in a series of performance audits examining hospital efficiency a...
Before a meaningful evaluation of the performance of a hospital over any output or outcome can be ma...
Before a meaningful evaluation of the performance of a hospital over any output or outcome can be ma...
Hospital length of stay is considered to be a reliable and valid proxy for measuring the consumption...
This paper examines the combined use of a prospective view of length of stay (LOS) using life table ...
BackgroundIncreased length of stay (LOS) for patients is an important measure of the burden of healt...
The primary objective of hospital managers is to establish appropriate healthcare planning and organ...