Reducing hospital inpatient lengths of stay

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 14, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1999, Pages 40-54

  Murphy, Mark E ^b   Noetscher, Cheryl M ^a  

^a CROUSE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hospital length of stay; Hospital utilization; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BENCHMARKING; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW YORK; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033219455     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-199911000-00006     Document Type: Article

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