Can differences in length of stay between Dutch university hospitals and other hospitals be explained by patient characteristics? A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The indicator unexpectedly long length of stay (UL-LOS) is used to gain insight into quality and safety of care in hospitals. The calculation of UL-LOS takes patients' age, main diagnosis and main procedure into account. University hospitals have relatively more patients with a UL-LOS than other hospitals. Our main research question is whether the high number of patients with a UL-LOS in university hospitals is caused by differences in additional patient characteristics between university hospitals and other hospitals.

Design

We performed a cross-sectional study and used administrative data from 1 510 627 clinical admissions in 87 Dutch hospitals. Patients who died in hospital, stayed in hospital for 100 days or longer or whose country of residence was not the Net

SUBMITTER: Ghielen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398690 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature