Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To assess the temporal and spatial variation in length of hospital stay for cerebrovascular disease in the United States over three decades. DESIGN:Age-, region-, and stroke type-specific length-of-hospital-stay data for nearly 4 million patients admitted with cerebrovascular disease were obtained for the Professional Activity Study of the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities for the period 1963-1991. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE:Weighted averages and standard errors of length of stay were calculated for aggregate diagnosis groups within the category of cerebrovascular disease. Averages were age-adjusted by the direct method. RESULTS:Average length of hospital stay declined from a peak of 18 days in 1967 to 8 days in 1991. The decline accelerated sharply from 1982 to 1986 coincident with implementation of the Medicare prospective payment system. Similar declines were observed within each age group, each cerebrovascular disease diagnosis group, and each census region. There were marked and persistent differences in average length of stay between regions, with longer stays in the Northeast and shorter stays in the West. The large interregional variation was not explained by differences in age or cerebrovascular disease diagnoses. CONCLUSIONS:Implementation of the Medicare prospective payment system produced a marked decline in length of hospital stay for cerebrovascular disease, which was superimposed on a preexisting, but slower, decline. Much of the marked persistent interregional variation probably results from persistent widespread variation in patient management.
journal_name
J Neurol Scijournal_title
Journal of the neurological sciencesauthors
Lanska DJdoi
10.1016/0022-510x(94)90075-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-12-20 00:00:00pages
214-20issue
2eissn
0022-510Xissn
1878-5883pii
0022-510X(94)90075-2journal_volume
127pub_type
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
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更新日期:2004-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0022-510x(79)90036-4
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0022-510x(03)00175-8
更新日期:2003-10-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jns.2006.05.037
更新日期:2006-10-25 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2006-05-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-10-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-02-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0022-510x(79)90050-9
更新日期:1979-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jns.2014.05.029
更新日期:2014-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jns.2011.12.004
更新日期:2012-04-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jns.2005.09.002
更新日期:2006-01-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
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更新日期:2012-06-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1977-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1989-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0022-510x(96)05322-1
更新日期:1997-04-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.jns.2020.116778
更新日期:2020-05-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0022-510x(79)90119-9
更新日期:1979-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jns.2020.116798
更新日期:2020-06-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0022-510x(95)00295-d
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0022-510x(88)90128-1
更新日期:1988-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0022-510x(92)90185-n
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of the neurological sciences
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jns.2014.01.039
更新日期:2014-04-15 00:00:00