Mathematical model of hospital length of stay

Hospital length of stay (LOS) is often used as a reliable proxy for measuring the consumption of hospital resources. However, the empirical distribution of LOS is established to be highly skewed with a heavy right tail. This makes the applications of simple statistics, such as averaging, to LOS for...

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Main Author: Le, Truc Viet.
Other Authors: Kwoh Chee Keong
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16831
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English