Does reducing length of stay make a business case?

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 627-628

  Weeks, William B ^a,b   Resar, Roger ^c  

^a REAP

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56049125304     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(08)34079-3     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Nolan T., Bisognano M.: Clinical cost containment: The roles of key executives (unpublished manuscript). Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2007.