Saturday 14 June 2014

Unexpectedly long hospital stays as an indicator of risk of unsafe care

"The unexpectedly long length of stay (UL-LOS) indicator is a useful addition to other patient safety indicators by revealing variation between hospitals and areas of possible patient safety improvement."

Unexpectedly long hospital stays as an indicator of risk of unsafe care: an exploratory study
I Borghans, KD Hekkert, L den Ouden, S Cihangir, J Vesseur, RB Kool, GP Westert
BMJ Open, 2014;4:e004773

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