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Unexpectedly long hospital stays as an indicator of risk of unsafe care: an exploratory study
OBJECTIVES: We developed an outcome indicator based on the finding that complications often prolong the patient's hospital stay. A higher percentage of patients with an unexpectedly long length of stay (UL-LOS) compared to the national average may indicate shortcomings in patient safety. We exp...
Autores principales: | Borghans, Ine, Hekkert, Karin D, den Ouden, Lya, Cihangir, Sezgin, Vesseur, Jan, Kool, Rudolf B, Westert, Gert P |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4054630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24902727 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004773 |
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