What affects length of hospital stay? A case study from Malta.
Lorraine AbelaAdriana PaceSandra C ButtigiegPublished in: Journal of health organization and management (2019)
The subject of LOS in hospitals has so far been tackled in a fragmented manner. This paper provides a comprehensive and triangulated account of the complexities surrounding the duration in which patients are kept in hospital by key stakeholders, most of whom were hands-on in the day-to-day running of the hospital under study.