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CHOLELITHIASIS: LENGTH‐OF‐STAY ANALYSIS IN TWO SERIES OF SURGICAL PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Ireland Anthony W.,
Harris Jane,
Harris Jane,
Scarf Christopher G.,
Scarf Christopher G.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1979.tb104281.x
Subject(s) - medicine , series (stratigraphy) , surgical procedures , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , general surgery , surgery , paleontology , biology
Two series of patients undergoing surgical treatment for cholelithiasis at Hornsby Hospital are described. Data are drawn from the routine morbidity reporting system of the hospital and processed by manual techniques. The morbidity data presented in this analysis demonstrate the capacity of currently operating reporting systems to provide diagnosis‐specific information, and to describe the behaviour of relevant subgroups within a “diagnostic population”. The need for specificity when attempting to make comparisons of length‐of‐stay “performance” either between or within hospitals is highlighted.