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Variable Lengths of Stay among Ischemic Stroke Subtypes in Chinese General Teaching Hospitals

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  • Yi Li
  • Hui Liu
  • Jing Wang
  • Yan Li
  • Guo-Pei Yu
  • Xie-Min Ma
  • Ming-Hui Liang
  • Jun Zhang
  • Lue Ping Zhao

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Background: Length of stay (LOS) is one of the most important quantitative indexes that measures health service utilization within a hospital. Many studies have examined the association of three major stroke categories with LOS. Our aim is to investigate the differences of LOS among ischemic stroke subtypes, results from which are helpful to healthcare providers and government agencies to improve health care delivery efficiency. Methodology/Principal Findings: Using the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau’s hospitalization summary reports, we performed a retrospective study among first-ever in-hospital patients with ischemic stroke (ICD-10 I63) in three general teaching hospitals in Beijing, China, from 2006 to 2010 with generalized linear model. In our study, 5,559 patients (female, 36.0%; age, 64.4±12.9 years) were included. The estimated mean LOS of ischemic stroke was 17.4±1.8 days. After adjusting for confounders, LOS of lacunar infarction (14.7 days; p

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  • Yi Li & Hui Liu & Jing Wang & Yan Li & Guo-Pei Yu & Xie-Min Ma & Ming-Hui Liang & Jun Zhang & Lue Ping Zhao, 2012. "Variable Lengths of Stay among Ischemic Stroke Subtypes in Chinese General Teaching Hospitals," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(9), pages 1-8, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0045101
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045101
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