Why the length of stay in inpatient facilities are dropping?
1.physicians prefers to give treatment in outpatient settings until unless it has necessary for inpatient settings ( avoid hospitalisation due to associated problems).
2. Stabilizing patients as soon as possible.
3. Now a days most of the diagnosis band treatment has resolutions.
4. Postpone treatment to outpatient.
What causing it to drop?
1. Age of patient
2. Payment system
3. Patient willingness to discharge
4. Poverty
5. Previous experience on hospitalisation.
6.Nosocomial infection
7. Iatrogenic infection
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