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Impact of shortened length of stay for delivery on the required bed capacity in maternity services: results from forecast analysis on administrative data

BACKGROUND: We examine the implications of reducing the average length of stay (ALOS) for a delivery on the required capacity in terms of service volume and maternity beds in Belgium, using administrative data covering all inpatient stays in Belgian general hospitals over the period 2003–2014. METHO...

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Autores principales: Lefèvre, Mélanie, Van den Heede, Koen, Camberlin, Cécile, Bouckaert, Nicolas, Beguin, Claire, Devos, Carl, Van de Voorde, Carine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6729074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31488147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4500-8