TY - JOUR AU - Earnest, Arul AU - Chen, Mark IC AU - Seow, Eillyne PY - 2006 DA - 2006/12/01 TI - 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 JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 6 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - 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 associated with LOS in Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), a 1,400 bed acute care tertiary hospital serving the central and northern regions of Singapore. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-6-6 DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-6-6 ID - Earnest2006 ER -