Factors associated with prolonged length of hospital stay of elderly patients in acute care hospitals in Japan: A multilevel analysis of patients with femoral neck fracture

Takako Motohashi, Hironori Hamada, Jason Lee, Miho Sekimoto and Yuichi Imanaka

Health Policy, 2013, vol. 111, issue 1, 60-67

Abstract: To analyze possible factors associated with prolonged length of stay (LOS) in hip fracture patients in Japan, such as the availability of beds in medical and nursing care facilities at the community level, as well as patient factors, clinical factors and hospital structural characteristics.

Keywords: Length of stay; Patient transfer; Hospital bed capacity; Hip fractures; Geriatric health services; Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.03.014

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