Pediatric Length of Stay Guidelines and Routine Practice
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Pediatric length of stay guidelines and routine practice: the case of Milliman and Robertson.
BACKGROUND Guidelines for inpatient length of stay (LOS) have been developed by Milliman and Robertson (M&R) and are widely applied by health plans. This study was designed to compare LOS for several pediatric conditions with the M&R LOS criteria using recent data and to determine if concordance of actual practice with M&R LOS criteria varied between children and adults. DESIGN Administrative...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1072-4710
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.155.8.885