[Length of hospitalization and quality of care in a department of pediatrics. Results of a prospective study (author's transl)].

The records of 150 patients hospitalized in a department of specialized pediatrics were analysed immediately after discharge, in order to detect the factors involved in the length of stay. Unexpected course of the disease and familial factors most often increase the length of an hospitalization programed according to technical factors. The interactions between quality of care and length of stay are discussed.