Glossary Term

LOS

Length of Stay (LOS) is the number of days a patient remains hospitalised per admission, used as a resource utilisation measure in health economic evaluations and healthcare planning.

Illustration representing LOS
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Related terms
DRG ICU CM
Further reading
OECD: Hospital LOS Browse the HEOR resource database

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