Length of hospital stay / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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- English
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- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Contained In:
- Health care use
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : OECD Publishing.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The average length of stay in hospitals (ALOS) is often used as an indicator of efficiency. All other things being equal, a shorter stay will reduce the cost per discharge and shift care from inpatient to less expensive post-acute settings. The ALOS refers to the average number of days that patients spend in hospital. It is generally measured by dividing the total number of days stayed by all inpatients during a year by the number of admissions or discharges. Day cases are excluded. The indicator is presented both for all acute care cases and for childbirth without complications.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).
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- Restricted for use by site license.
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