"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.
The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility.
Descriptor ID |
D007902
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MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.400.480 N02.421.585.400.480
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Concept/Terms |
Hospital Stay- Hospital Stay
- Hospital Stays
- Stay, Hospital
- Stays, Hospital
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Length of Stay" by people in this website by year, and whether "Length of Stay" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1995 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
1996 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
1997 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
1998 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
1999 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
2000 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
2001 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
2002 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
2003 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
2004 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
2005 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
2006 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
2007 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
2008 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
2009 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
2010 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
2011 | 2 | 25 | 27 |
2012 | 2 | 16 | 18 |
2013 | 5 | 23 | 28 |
2014 | 4 | 27 | 31 |
2015 | 5 | 38 | 43 |
2016 | 3 | 31 | 34 |
2017 | 7 | 29 | 36 |
2018 | 8 | 36 | 44 |
2019 | 6 | 30 | 36 |
2020 | 4 | 33 | 37 |
2021 | 1 | 24 | 25 |
2022 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
2023 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
2024 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Length of Stay" by people in Profiles.
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Association of Hospital Volume With Quality Care Outcomes Following Minor and Major Hepatectomy for Primary Liver Cancer. J Surg Oncol. 2024 Oct; 130(5):1033-1041.
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Comparable improvement and resolution of obesity-related comorbidities in endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty vs laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: single-center study. Surg Endosc. 2024 Oct; 38(10):5914-5921.
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Low-Resource Hospital Days for Children Following New Tracheostomy. Pediatrics. 2024 Sep 01; 154(3).
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Reducing MRCP Utilization Through a "Surgery First" Approach for Pediatric Choledocholithiasis: A CARES Working Group Retrospective Study. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Dec; 59(12):161668.
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Few Anesthesia-Related Adverse Events in a Retrospective Cohort Study of Patients With Unanticipated Intensive Care Unit Admission After Ambulatory Procedures. A A Pract. 2024 Aug 01; 18(8):e01841.
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Safety and feasibility of intravenous sotalol loading for the prevention of ventricular arrhythmias. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2024 Oct; 67(7):1647-1655.
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Association of health confidence with hospital length of stay and readmission. J Hosp Med. 2024 Sep; 19(9):794-801.
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Outcomes associated with initial narrow-spectrum versus broad-spectrum antibiotics in children hospitalized with urinary tract infections. J Hosp Med. 2024 Sep; 19(9):777-786.
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Divergent Trends in Postoperative Length of Stay and Postdischarge Complications over Time. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 Sep; 50(9):630-637.
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A comparison of endoscopic endonasal versus open approaches for skull base chordoma: a comprehensive National Cancer Database analysis. Neurosurg Focus. 2024 05; 56(5):E5.