Hospital length of stay variation and comorbidity of mental illness: a retrospective study of five common chronic medical conditions

• Main Authors: Nazlee Siddiqui (Author), Mitchell Dwyer (Author), Jim Stankovich (Author), Gregory Peterson (Author), David Greenfield (Author), Lei Si (Author), Leigh Kinsman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background With the increasing burden of mental illness globally, it is becoming common for hospitalised patients with chronic medical conditions to have a comorbidity of mental illness. This combination could prolong length of stay (LOS) of this patient cohort. We conducted an investigatio...