Appropriateness of hospital admission and length of stay in the pediatric department of a tertiary care hospital in West Bengal
Background: Appropriateness of admissions and inpatient length of stay (LOS) are important factors controlling health-care expenditure. The current study was conducted to assess the proportion of appropriate admissions among 29-day to 12-year--old aged patients admitted to pediatric wards of a terti...
Main Authors: | Sampriti Samanta, Alapan Bandyopadhyay, Abhijit Mukherjee, Sharmistha Bhattacherjee |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2023-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Community Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2023;volume=48;issue=6;spage=841;epage=845;aulast=Samanta |
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