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Has variation in length of stay in acute hospitals decreased? Analysing trends in the variation in LOS between and within Dutch hospitals

BACKGROUND: We aimed to get better insight into the development of the variation in length of stay (LOS) between and within hospitals over time, in order to assess the room for efficiency improvement in hospital care. METHODS: Using Dutch national individual patient-level hospital admission data, we...

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Autores principales: van de Vijsel, Aart R., Heijink, Richard, Schipper, Maarten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4590267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26423895
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1087-6