Can a patient's in-hospital length of stay and mortality be explained by early-risk assessments?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Azadeh Fard, Nasibeh ^a   Ghaffarzadegan, Navid ^b   Camelio, Jaime A ^b  

^a Rochester Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDY DESIGN; VITAL SIGN; FEMALE; MALE; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84992313040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162976     Document Type: Article

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