title: Does reducing length of stay make a business case?
abstract: The business case for improving quality and safety of health care, the authors contend, critically depends on savings in fixed rather than variable costs.
authors.affiliation: VA Outcomes Group REAP, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, USA. William.B.Weeks@Dartmouth.edu
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Weeks
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Resar
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000592:standards; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States