TY - JOUR AU - Rosman, Maya AU - Rachminov, Orna AU - Segal, Omer AU - Segal, Gad PY - 2015 DA - 2015/06/25 TI - Prolonged patients’ In-Hospital Waiting Period after discharge eligibility is associated with increased risk of infection, morbidity and mortality: a retrospective cohort analysis JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 246 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - Prolonged, inappropriate hospital stay after patients’ eligibility for discharge from internal medicine departments is a world-wide health-care systems’ problem. Nevertheless, the extent to which such surplus hospital stays are associated with infectious complications, their time frame of appearance and their long-term implications was not previously addressed. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0929-6 DO - 10.1186/s12913-015-0929-6 ID - Rosman2015 ER -