Determinants of maternity length of stay: A gamma mixture risk-adjusted model

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 249-255

  Lee, Andy H ^a   Ng, Angus S K ^b   Yau, Kelvin K W ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diagnosis related groups; Gamma mixture regression; Heterogeneity; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; OUTLIERS, DRG; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0035654176     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011810326113     Document Type: Article

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