Exploring if day and time of admission is associated with average length of stay among inpatients from a tertiary hospital in Singapore: an analytic study based on routine admission data

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It has been postulated that patients admitted on weekends or after office hours may experience delays in clinical management and consequently have longer length of stay (LOS). We investigated if day and time of admission is associate...

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Main Authors: Chen Mark IC, Earnest Arul, Seow Eillyne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-01-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/6/6