Accounting for the relationship between per diem cost and LOS when estimating hospitalization costs

• Main Authors: Ishak K (Author), Stolar Marilyn (Author), Hu Ming-yi (Author), Alvarez Piedad (Author), Wang Yamei (Author), Getsios Denis (Author), Williams Gregory C (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Hospitalization costs in clinical trials are typically derived by multiplying the length of stay (LOS) by an average per-diem (PD) cost from external sources. This assumes that PD costs are independent of LOS. Resource utilization in...