Length of stay in a rural hospital

Reducing the length of stay in hospital.

Unlike their British counterparts, Soviet health care planners have long adhered to a strategy of adding to the number of hospital beds each year. Consequently, the proportion of the population admitted to hospital has grown steadily; by 1983 this had reached the historically high level of 2477%. Although the extra capacity has been advantageous in several respects, it can scarcely have encoura...

Factors Affecting length of Stay in Specialized Women Hospital in Bandar Abbas

Psychiatric consultations and length of hospital stay.

OBJECTIVE To examine factors affecting the length of hospital stay (LOS) of patients referred to psychiatric consultation liaison (C-L) services. METHODS The study sample prospectively included all the referrals in 2004 to the C-L psychiatry unit at King Khaled University Hospital in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The following factors were documented for each consultation: patient demograp...

Correlation between Quality of Care and Length of Hospital Stay in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Background: Length of hospital stay (LHS) is the most important and practical indicator in hospitals, which largely reflects the level of hospital performance and activity. It is also an important indicator for resource planning. Moreover, the quality of care can theoretically be related to LHS. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between LHS and quality of nursing care in...

Length of Stay of Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Background: Hospitals are overburdened by the number of patients both outdoor and indoor. This study was conducted to determine the length of stay of patients in medical units of a tertiary care hospital in our set up. Material & Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in the Department of Medicine, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar, Pakistan from April 15...