Systematic review of risk adjustment models of hospital Length of Stay (LOS)

Medical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 355-365

  Lu, Mingshan ^a   Sajobi, Tolulope ^a   Lucyk, Kelsey ^a   Lorenzetti, Diane ^a   Quan, Hude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

length of stay; risk adjustment; systematic review

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL PATIENT; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84925959152     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000317     Document Type: Review

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