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Observed-predicted length of stay for an acute psychiatric department, as an indicator of inpatient care inefficiencies. Retrospective case-series study.

BACKGROUND: Length of stay (LOS) is an important indicator of efficiency for inpatient care but it does not achieve an adequate performance if it is not adjusted for the case mix of the patients hospitalized during the period considered. After two similar studies for Internal Medicine and Surgery re...

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Autores principales: Jiménez, Rosa E, Lam, Rosa M, Marot, Milagros, Delgado, Ariel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC387834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15102334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-4-4