Benchmarking and reducing length of stay in Dutch hospitals

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To assess the development of and variation in lengths of stay in Dutch hospitals and to determine the potential reduction in hospital days if all Dutch hospitals would have an average length of stay equal to that of benchmark hospita...

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Main Authors: Heijink Richard, Borghans Ine, Kool Tijn, Lagoe Ronald J, Westert Gert P
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-10-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/8/220