Outcomes measurement.
Reductions in hospital lengths of stay (LOS) for patients with cardiovascular conditions can be a cost-effective in-hospital outcome, but the effect of shortened hospital LOS on patient and family outcomes after discharge needs to be evaluated. Suggestions for the use of appropriate data to evaluate LOS and outcomes that need study are presented.
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Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010351:Patient Discharge; D013997:Time Factors