Do severity measures explain differences in length of hospital stay? The case of hip fracture

Health Services Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 365-385

  Shwartz, Michael ^a   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a   Ash, Arlene S ^a   Mackiernan, Yevgenia D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

hip fracture; hospital efficiency; length of stay; Severity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTLIERS, DRG; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0029864559     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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