Factors associated with inpatient length of stay among hospitalised patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, China, 2016-2017: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify factors associated with length of stay (LOS) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalised patients, which may help shorten LOS and reduce economic burden accrued over hospital stay.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

This study was performed in a tertiary hospital in China.

Participants

Patients with COPD who were aged ≥40 years and newly admitted between 2016 and 2017.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

LOS at initial admission was the primary outcome and health expenditures were the secondary outcome. To identify factors associated with LOS, we collected information at index hospitalisation and constructed a conceptual model using directed acyclic graph. Potential factors were classified into five gr

SUBMITTER: Dong F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7925858 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature