PMID- 11256259
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20010412
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 0156-5788 (Print)
IS  - 0156-5788 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 4
DP  - 2000
TI  - Determinants of length of stay: implications on differential funding for rural 
      and metropolitan hospitals.
PG  - 126-33
AB  - This study analysed and compared the determinants of length of inpatient stay 
      between the rural and metropolitan public hospitals. The investigation was based 
      on the 1998/99 Western Australia patient discharge data. A Cox regression model 
      was used due to the high proportion of patient transfers in the rural hospitals. 
      It was found that several variables were associated with length of stay (LOS) 
      variations within Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG). The method provides additional 
      insights to hospital management and clinicians in assessing the risk of prolonged 
      hospitalisation. From a state government perspective, a DRG payment adjustment 
      strategy may be developed for different categories of admitted patient episodes. 
      The analysis has implications on the formulation of differential funding rates 
      between rural and metropolitan hospitals.
FAU - Lee, A H
AU  - Lee AH
AD  - School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology.
FAU - Codde, J
AU  - Codde J
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Australia
TA  - Aust Health Rev
JT  - Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association
JID - 8214381
MH  - Adult
MH  - Australia
MH  - Diagnosis-Related Groups/economics/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Episode of Care
MH  - Female
MH  - Hospitals, Rural/economics/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Hospitals, Urban/economics/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Length of Stay/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Proportional Hazards Models
MH  - Utilization Review
EDAT- 2001/03/21 10:00
MHDA- 2001/04/17 10:01
CRDT- 2001/03/21 10:00
PHST- 2001/03/21 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/04/17 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/03/21 10:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Aust Health Rev. 2000;23(4):126-33.