| Literature DB >> 19430985 |
Chungkham Holendro Singh1, Laishram Ladusingh.
Abstract
Length of stay (LOS) in hospital for inpatient treatment is a measure of crucial recovery time. Using nationwide data on inpatient healthcare in India, a three-component finite mixture negative binomial model was found to provide a reasonable fit to the heterogeneous LOS distribution. Associated risk factors for short-stay, medium-stay and long-stay subgroups were identified from the respective negative binomial components. In addition, significant heterogeneities within each group were also found.Mesh:
Year: 2009 PMID: 19430985 DOI: 10.1007/s10198-009-0153-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Health Econ ISSN: 1618-7598