What is it about?
Investigates if hospital standardised mortality rates are influenced by length of stay
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Why is it important?
Length of stay is not currently a factor considered in HSMR calculations.
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Part of a series of papers investigating the issue of in-hospital death and factors relevant to calculating hospital mortality rates, see http://www.hcaf.biz/2010/Publications_Full.pdf
Dr Rodney P Jones
Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting
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This page is a summary of: Hospital deaths and length of stay, British Journal of Healthcare Management, August 2016, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2016.22.8.424.
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