Table 4 Authors conclusions on variation, length of stay
Paper ID | Author Conclusions |
|---|---|
Significant Variation | |
Belgium | |
Claeys 2013 | “Large inter-hospital variations” |
Canada | |
Feagan 2000 | “Considerable heterogeneity in LOSwas noted among the hospitals” |
Denmark | |
Klausen 2012 | “We show significant regional differences” |
Spain | |
Cabre 2004 | “Significant variations…among the 27 community hospitals” |
Garau 2008 | “Length of stay varied markedly among centres” |
UK | |
Hosker 2007 | “Wide variability between hospitals” |
Price 2006 | “The wide variation between hospital units…is probably unacceptable” |
Roberts 2002 | “The variation between hospitals…was very wide” |
US | |
Conway 2009 | “We found high variability in outcomes” |
Krumholz 1999 | “Significant inter hospital differences in the unadjusted length of stay” |
Variation Exists | |
UK | |
Rudd 2001 | “[Length of stay] varied by a mean of eight days between region” |
US | |
Brogan 2012 | “LOS differed across hospitals” |
Drye 2012 | “Mean patient LOS at the hospital level varied for each condition” |
No Conclusion | |
Spain | |
Pozo-Rodriguez 2012 | No conclusions |