title: Patient and hospital characteristics associated with average length of stay.
abstract: This article examines the relationship between patient, hospital characteristics, and hospital average length of stay controlling for major disease categories. A constellation of patient and physician factors were found to be significantly associated with average hospital length of stay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000145:classification; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006304:Health Status; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007350:Insurance, Hospitalization; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010067:Ownership; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States