An analysis of the length of hospital stay for cataract patients in Japan using the discrete-type proportional hazard model

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2889-2896

  Nawata, Kazumitsu ^a   Ii, Masako ^b   Ishiguro, Aya ^c   Kawabuchi, Koichi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Millennia Corporation   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cataract; Diagnosis related groups; Eye surgery; Length of stay; Proportional hazard model

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUPS; EYE SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL;

HAZARDS; SURGERY;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 67349196139     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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