Question

Hospital length of stay (LOS) is important primarily because:

Question 1 options:

1)	Hospitals receive a fixed payment from Medicare and some other payors.

2)	Hospital-acquired infections dangerous and we discharge patients as quickly as possible for their safety.

3)	It is an indication of how sick the aggregate patient population is.

4)	It affects staffing decisions.

Answer 1

Hospital length of stay:

It is an indication of how sick the aggregate patient population is.

Length of stay(LOS):

Length of stay is the duration of single episode of hospitalization in patient days are calculated by subtracting day of admission from day of discharge.

Length of stay important :

The length of stay(LOS) is an important indicator of the efficiency of hospital management. Reduction in the number of inpatient days results in decreased risk of infection and medication side effects, improvement in the quality of treatment and increased hospital profit with efficient bed management.