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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2013.13.08.314

Does the Level of Hospital Caseloads Influences on the Length of Stay for the Delivery Inpatients  

Moon, Kyeong-Jun (연세대학교 대학원 보건행정학과)
Lee, Kwang-Soo (연세대학교 보건과학대학 보건행정학과)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.13, no.8, 2013 , pp. 314-323 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study analyzed the relationship between the level of hospital caseloads and length of stay for the delivery patients. The differences of hospital caseloads were measured by the Internal Herfindahl Index, which measured the concentration of delivery patient in a hospital. And the structure variables of hospitals such as the number of bed, the number of treatment, and the number of doctors and nurses per 100 beds were included as control variables. And average length of stay of delivery patients was used as the dependent variable. Concentration status of delivery patients was measured in two models: (1) first model represents the concentration level of delivery patient in all hospital patients, (2) second model represents the concentration level of delivery patient in all obstetrics and gynecology patients. In regression analysis, patient concentration index was not statistically significant in explaining the variation of average length of stay in two models. But the number of delivery patients and number of beds were statistically significant. The number of delivery patient variable showed negative regression coefficient with average length of stay and the number of beds showed positive coefficient with average length of stay. This study result indicated that the volume of delivery patients in a hospital will play a significant role in reducing the length of stay of delivery patients. Patient volume could contribute in improving the efficiency of patient care in a hospital.
Keywords
Hospital Caseloads; IHI; Length of Stay; Hospital Specialization;
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