Review of statistical methods for analysing healthcare resources and costs

B Mihaylova, A Briggs, A O'Hagan… - Health …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We review statistical methods for analysing healthcare resource use and costs, their ability
to address skewness, excess zeros, multimodality and heavy right tails, and their ease for …

Taxonomic classification of planning decisions in health care: a structured review of the state of the art in OR/MS

PJH Hulshof, N Kortbeek, RJ Boucherie, EW Hans… - Health …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
We provide a comprehensive overview of the typical decisions to be made in resource
capacity planning and control in health care, and a structured review of relevant articles from …

Statistical models for the analysis of skewed healthcare cost data: a simulation study

AS Malehi, F Pourmotahari, KA Angali - Health economics review, 2015 - Springer
Skewed data is the main issue in statistical models in healthcare costs. Data transformation
is a conventional method to decrease skewness, but there are some disadvantages. Some …

Insights from a machine learning model for predicting the hospital Length of Stay (LOS) at the time of admission

L Turgeman, JH May, R Sciulli - Expert Systems with Applications, 2017 - Elsevier
A model that accurately predicts, at the time of admission, the Length of Stay (LOS) for
hospitalized patients could be an effective tool for healthcare providers. It could enable early …

[HTML][HTML] Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic variations in hospital length of stay: a state-based analysis

AK Ghosh, BP Geisler, S Ibrahim - Medicine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic variations in hospital lengt... : Medicine Racial/ethnic and
socioeconomic variations in hospital length of stay: A state-based analysis : Medicine Log in or …

Real-world clinical outcomes among US Veterans with oral factor xa inhibitor–related major bleeding treated with andexanet alfa or 4-factor prothrombin complex …

SS Sutton, J Magagnoli, TH Cummings… - Journal of Thrombosis …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Oral factor Xa (FXa) inhibitors significantly reduce incidence of stroke and
thromboembolic events in patients with atrial fibrillation or venous thromboembolism. Due to …

Incidence, duration and cost of futile treatment in end-of-life hospital admissions to three Australian public-sector tertiary hospitals: a retrospective multicentre cohort …

HE Carter, S Winch, AG Barnett, M Parker, C Gallois… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To estimate the incidence, duration and cost of futile treatment for end-of-life
hospital admissions. Design Retrospective multicentre cohort study involving a clinical audit …

Obesity in pregnancy: outcomes and economics

I Rowlands, N Graves, S De Jersey, HD McIntyre… - Seminars in Fetal and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Maternal obesity is an important aspect of reproductive care. It is the commonest risk factor
for maternal mortality in developed countries and is also associated with a wide spectrum of …

Frequent hospital admission of older people with chronic disease: a cross-sectional survey with telephone follow-up and data linkage

JM Longman, MI Rolfe, MD Passey… - BMC health services …, 2012 - Springer
Background The continued increase in hospital admissions is a significant and complex
issue facing health services. There is little research exploring patient perspectives or …

Implementation of a total hip arthroplasty care pathway at a high-volume health system: effect on length of stay, discharge disposition, and 90-day complications

J Featherall, DP Brigati, M Faour, W Messner… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Standardized care pathways are evidence-based algorithms for optimizing an
episode of care. Despite the theoretical promise of care pathways, there is an inconsistent …