Open AccessNoise and hospital stay.
Author(s) -
Daniel Fife,
Eedward rappaport
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.66.7.680
Subject(s) - medicine , noise (video) , computer science , image (mathematics) , artificial intelligence
Length of hospital stay for simple cataract surgery was compared retrospectively for a period of construction noise and for two similar periods without construction noise. Hospital stay was significantly longer during the period of construction.