Can a Patient's In-Hospital Length of Stay and Mortality Be Explained by Early-Risk Assessments?

OBJECTIVE:To assess whether a patient's in-hospital length of stay (LOS) and mortality can be explained by early objective and/or physicians' subjective-risk assessments. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:Analysis of a detailed dataset of 1,021 patients admitted to a large U.S. hospital between J...

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Main Authors: Nasibeh Azadeh-Fard, Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Jaime A Camelio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5024988?pdf=render