Forecasting the length-of-stay of pediatric patients in hospitals: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare management faces complex challenges in allocating hospital resources, and predicting patients' length-of-stay (LOS) is critical in effectively managing those resources. This work aims to map approaches used to forecast the LOS of Pediatric Patients in Hospitals (LOS-P) and patients' populations and environments used to develop the models.

Methods

Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) methodology, we performed a scoping review that identified 28 studies and analyzed them. The search was conducted on four databases (Science Direct, Scopus, Web of Science, and Medline). The identification of relevant studies was structured around three axes related to the research questions:

SUBMITTER: Medeiros NB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8428133 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature