title: Capacity planning. Knowing the score.
abstract: The modified early warning score can be used to help predict how long a patient will stay in hospital. MEWS is a validated tool and can be calculated relatively easily from routine data. A MEWS score of 5 (high risk) had a median length stay of eight days, compared with a score of 0-2 (low risk) of three days; however, there were variations according to age groups and gender.
authors.affiliation: Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Subbe
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Falcus
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rutherford
authors.forename: Les
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gemmell
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005544:Forecasting / Q000379:methods*; D006752:Hospital Planning; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends*; D010343:Patient Admission; D010351:Patient Discharge; D013222:State Medicine; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom