title: A discordancy test approach to identify outliers of length of hospital stay.
abstract: A discordancy test approach is proposed to identify outliers of inpatient length of stay. This has implications not only for benchmarking service delivery but also for linking budget allocation procedures to efficiency of health service provisions. The effects of shifting trim point thresholds on hospital payments are assessed in a case study of a group of obstetrical patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. leea@health.curtin.edu.au
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Vemuri
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric