An application of lifetime models in estimation of expected length of stay of patients in hospital with complexity and age adjustment

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3337-3344

  Li, Jianli ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 0033573320     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19991215)18:23<3337::AID-SIM320>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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