Predicting length of stay for medicare patients at a teaching hospital

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Omachonu, Vincent K ^a   Suthummanon, Sakesun ^a   Akcin, Mehmet ^a   Asfour, Shihab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROUPS BY SEX; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REHABILITATION; SHOCK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542361252     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095148404322772688     Document Type: Article

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