Open AccessRisk Factors for Prolonged Length of Stay After Major Elective Surgery
Author(s) -
Tracie C. Collins,
Jennifer Daley,
William Henderson,
Shukri F. Khuri
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199908000-00016
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesiology , logistic regression , multivariate analysis , percentile , preoperative care , elective surgery , adverse effect , surgery , american society of anesthesiologists , emergency medicine , anesthesia , statistics , mathematics
Length of stay (LOS) is an important outcome as a marker of resource consumption. Determining which factors increase LOS may provide information on reducing costs and improving the delivery of care. The purpose of this study was to determine the independent association of intraoperative process of care and postoperative events with prolonged LOS after adjusting for preoperative severity of illness in patients undergoing major elective surgery.