A new model for the length of stay of hospital patients

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 58-65

  Papi, Marco ^a   Pontecorvi, Luca ^a   Setola, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bed planning; Hospital resources; Length of stay; PH distribution

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BED OCCUPANCY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84961170624     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-014-9288-9     Document Type: Article

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