Benchmarking and reducing length of stay in Dutch hospitals

• Main Authors: Heijink Richard (Author), Borghans Ine (Author), Kool Tijn (Author), Lagoe Ronald J (Author), Westert Gert P (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To assess the development of and variation in lengths of stay in Dutch hospitals and to determine the potential reduction in hospital days if all Dutch hospitals would have an average length of stay equal to that of benchmark hospita...