Shi L
Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.
Health Care Manage Rev. 1996 Spring;21(2):46-61. doi: 10.1097/00004010-199605000-00007.
This article examines the relationship between patient, hospital characteristics, and hospital average length of stay controlling for major disease categories. A constellation of patient and physician factors were found to be significantly associated with average hospital length of stay.