A Cross-National Study of Differences in Length of Stay of Patients With Cardiac Diagnoses

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9099282
AutoresNOEL D LIST (University of Maryland, Baltimore, autor de correspondencia), NANCY E FRONCZAK, Nancy Fronczak, SHELDON H GOTTLIEB (0000-0003-1935-5680, Baltimore City Health Department), RICHARD E BAKER
Año1983
Volumen21
Número5
Páginas519-530
Fecha de publicación1983-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
EditorialOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-198305000-00005
PMID6341725
OpenAlexW2088287259
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas1

To determine the reason for large regional differences in average hospital length of stay shown in federal discharge abstract data, the medical records of 482 cardiac patients from hospitals belonging to two metropolitan area PSROs of Baltimore, Maryland, and 438 cardiac patients from hospitals in the Metropolitan area PSRO from Portland, Oregon, were reviewed, stratified by diagnosis and complications, and compared for length of stay. Cardiac patients were hospitalized between 2.5 and 7 days longer in Baltimore than in Portland. Federal data on length of hospital stay were basically correct for the diagnostic categories studied. Length-of-stay differences could not be explained by patient differences and appeared to be due to differences in physician practice patterns

Hospital discharge · Intensive care medicine · Medical diagnosis · Medical emergency · Medical record · Metropolitan area · Pathology · Chronic Disease Management Strategies · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Emergency Medicine · Healthcare Policy and Management · Internal Medicine · Medicine