The Average Length Of Stay (LOS) In The Hospitals Of The United States
In general, the average length of stay (LOS) in short-term, non-federal hospitals has been decreasing in the United States. As hospital operation statistics became accessible to the chief administrator of the medical program, one factor that perplexed those in charge of the program was the large variations found in the average length of stay in the four American census regions. The Medicare payees who are hospitalized in the Northeast region

