Table 4.
Authors conclusions on variation, length of stay
| Paper ID | Author Conclusions |
|---|---|
| Significant Variation | |
| Belgium | |
| Claeys 2013 | “Large inter-hospital variations” |
| Canada | |
| Feagan 2000 | “Considerable heterogeneity in LOSwas noted among the hospitals” |
| Denmark | |
| Klausen 2012 | “We show significant regional differences” |
| Spain | |
| Cabre 2004 | “Significant variations…among the 27 community hospitals” |
| Garau 2008 | “Length of stay varied markedly among centres” |
| UK | |
| Hosker 2007 | “Wide variability between hospitals” |
| Price 2006 | “The wide variation between hospital units…is probably unacceptable” |
| Roberts 2002 | “The variation between hospitals…was very wide” |
| US | |
| Conway 2009 | “We found high variability in outcomes” |
| Krumholz 1999 | “Significant inter hospital differences in the unadjusted length of stay” |
| Variation Exists | |
| UK | |
| Rudd 2001 | “[Length of stay] varied by a mean of eight days between region” |
| US | |
| Brogan 2012 | “LOS differed across hospitals” |
| Drye 2012 | “Mean patient LOS at the hospital level varied for each condition” |
| No Conclusion | |
| Spain | |
| Pozo-Rodriguez 2012 | No conclusions |