Abstract
Inpatient length of stay (LOS) is an important measure of hospital activity and is often considered as a proxy of hospital resource consumption. In Portugal, hospitalizations related to HIV infection are some of the most expensive and the second major diagnosis category with greatest average LOS. This paper investigates factors associated with HIV/AIDS LOS. A hierarchical finite normal mixture model was fitted to the logarithm of LOS, to account for the inherent correlation of patients clustered in hospitals. We found that the model with two components had the best fit. In addition associated risk factors were identified for each component and the random effects make possible a comparison of relative efficiencies among hospitals.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, Selected Papers of the Statistical Societies |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Pages | 219-227 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
Publication series
| Name | Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics, Selected Papers of the Statistical Societies |
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| ISSN (Print) | 2194-7767 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2194-7775 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Central Health System
- Diagnosis Related Group
- Large Positive Effect
- Multilevel Structure Data
- Urgent Admission
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