Hospital discharge rates measure the number of patients who leave a hospital after staying at least one night. Improving timely can help flow through hospital, freeing up beds and health worker time. Both premature delayed discharges not only worsen outcomes but also increase costs: lead to costly readmissions; use limited resources.

introduction althoughthere is a consensus that the economic burden of burn injury is high, but few studies have conducted about cost of burns injury among pediatric in developing countries. we explored the main factors influencing on hospital costs and length of stay (los) associated with pediatric burns injury in kermanshah, iran. methods and material we performed a review ofmedical records fr...

background and objectives: hospital is the largest and most costly operating unit of healthcare system. provision of optimal care requires that hospital administrators identify hospital performance based on relevant indicators. this study used the pabon lasso analysis to assess the performance of hospitals and identify strategies towards an improved hospital performance.   methods: this cross-s...

introduction: the important of comparing performance of hospitals using hospital indicators, has been made the necessary of utilizing of the application model inevitable. this study aimed to compare hospital performance key indicators simultaneity. methods: in this descriptive cross sectional and retrospective study, 31 hospitals of isfahan university of medical sciences were evaluated in 2007....

objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the types of fall-related injuries and the related risk factors in the elderly population of qom province, iran. patients and methods this retrospective study was performed on 424 elderly people (65 years and over) referred to shahid beheshti hospital, qom, iran, due to falls between 2010 and 2012. the icd-10 codes of external causes of inju...

background: asthma is a common condition in general medical practice, and it accounts for about 1% of all ambulatory hospital visits. nowadays, hospitalization rates for asthma have actually been increased in some demographic subgroups despite recent advances in treatment. understanding the underlying factors that contribute to hospitalization and especially duration of the hospitalization of a...