Calculating hospital length of stay using the Hospital Episode Statistics; a comparison of methodologies

Abstract Background Accurate calculation of hospital length of stay (LOS) from the English Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) is important for a wide range of audit and research purposes. The two methodologies which are commonly used to achieve this differ in their accuracy and complexity. We compare...

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Main Authors: John Busby, Sarah Purdy, William Hollingworth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2295-z