Determinants of Hospital Length of Stay among Patients with Pneumonia Admitted to a Large Canadian Hospital from 1991 to 2001

Affiliations

Margaret J McGregor: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Canada
J Mark FitzGerald: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Canada
Robert J Reid: Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Adrian R Levy: Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Michael Schulzer: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Canada
David Jung: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Canada
Horacio E Groshaus: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Canada
Michelle B Cox: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is a common reason for hospital admission, and the cost of treatment is primarily determined by length of stay (LOS).

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503