Length of Stay

"Length of Stay" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility.

Descriptor ID	D007902
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.400.480 N02.421.585.400.480
Concept/Terms	Length of Stay Length of Stay Stay Length Stay Lengths Hospital Stay Hospital Stay Hospital Stays Stay, Hospital Stays, Hospital

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Length of Stay".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Hospitalization [E02.760.400]
Length of Stay [E02.760.400.480]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Hospitalization [N02.421.585.400]
Length of Stay [N02.421.585.400.480]

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Bar chart showing 147 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 20 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1992	0	1	1
1997	1	0	1
2002	1	1	2
2003	0	5	5
2004	1	3	4
2005	0	3	3
2006	1	5	6
2007	1	5	6
2008	1	4	5
2009	3	1	4
2010	1	8	9
2011	0	5	5
2012	3	9	12
2013	2	7	9
2014	2	8	10
2015	4	16	20
2016	5	5	10
2017	2	7	9
2018	5	11	16
2019	1	7	8
2020	0	2	2

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Nkemdirim Okere A, Sanogo V, Balkrishnan R, Diaby V. A quantitative analysis of the effect of continuity of care on 30-day readmission and in-hospital mortality among patients with acute ischemic stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Sep; 29(9):105053.

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Desai R, Patel K, Dave H, Shah K, DeWitt N, Fong HK, Varma Y, Varma K, Mansuri Z, Sachdeva R, Khanna A, Kumar G. Nationwide Frequency, Sequential Trends, and Impact of Co-morbid Mental Health Disorders on Hospitalizations, Outcomes, and Healthcare Resource Utilization in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Am J Cardiol. 2020 04 15; 125(8):1256-1262.

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Jundoria AK, Grant B, Olufajo OA, De La Cruz E, Metcalfe D, Williams M, Cornwell EE, Hughes K. Assessment of the "Weekend Effect" in Lower Extremity Vascular Trauma. Ann Vasc Surg. 2020 Jul; 66:233-241.e4.

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Nathan M, Trachtenberg FL, Van Rompay MI, Gaynor W, Kanter K, Ohye R, Bacha EA, Tweddell J, Schwartz SM, Minich LL, Mery CM, Colan SD, Levine J, Lambert LM, Newburger JW. The Pediatric Heart Network Residual Lesion Score Study: Design and objectives. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 07; 160(1):218-223.e1.

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Desai R, Hanna B, Singh S, Omar A, Deshmukh A, Kumar G, Foreman MG, Sachdeva R. Trends and Outcomes in Sepsis Hospitalizations With and Without Atrial Fibrillation: A Nationwide Inpatient Analysis. Crit Care Med. 2019 08; 47(8):e630-e638.

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Ramakrishnan M, Taduru SS, Patel P, Younis M, Hamarshi M. External Intensivists Versus In-House Intensivists: Analysis of Outcomes of Nighttime Coverage of ICUs by External On-Call and In-House On-Call Intensivists. Mo Med. 2019 Jul-Aug; 116(4):331-335.

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Harris CM, Albaeni A, Thorpe RJ, Norris KC, Abougergi MS. Racial factors and inpatient outcomes among patients with diabetes hospitalized with foot ulcers and foot infections, 2003-2014. PLoS One. 2019; 14(5):e0216832.

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Hernandez-Suarez DF, Ranka S, Villablanca P, Yordan-Lopez N, González-Sepúlveda L, Wiley J, Sanina C, Roche-Lima A, Nieves-Rodriguez BG, Thomas S, Cox-Alomar P, Lopez-Candales A, Ramakrishna H. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's National Inpatient Sample. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2019 07; 20(7):546-552.

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Sparrow HG, Swan JT, Moore LW, Gaber AO, Suki WN. Disparate outcomes observed within Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) acute kidney injury stage 1. Kidney Int. 2019 04; 95(4):905-913.

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Huang Y, Lu T, Liu Y, Zhan C, Ge D, Tan L, Wang Q. Surgical management and prognostic factors in esophageal perforation caused by foreign body. Esophagus. 2019 04; 16(2):188-193.

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