How to handle mortality when investigating length of hospital stay and time to clinical stability

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Hospital length of stay (LOS) and time for a patient to reach clinical stability (TCS) have increasingly become important outcomes when investigating ways in which to combat Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP). Difficulties arise when...

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Main Authors: Brock Guy N, Barnes Christopher, Ramirez Julio A, Myers John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/11/144