A systematic review of the prediction of hospital length of stay: Towards a unified framework.

ABSTRACT: Hospital length of stay of patients is a crucial factor for the effective planning and management of hospital resources. There is considerable interest in predicting the LoS of patients in order to improve patient care, control hospital costs and increase service efficiency. This paper presents an extensive review of the literature, examining the approaches employed for the prediction of LoS in terms of their merits and shortcomings. In order to address some of these problems, a unified framework is proposed to better generalise the approaches that are being used to predict length of stay. This includes the investigation of the types of routinely collected data used in the problem as well as recommendations to ensure robust and meaningful knowledge modelling. This unified common framework

SUBMITTER: Stone K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9931263 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature