A Study on the Factors Affecting the Length of Hospital Stay in Teaching Hospitals

Seo, Sun Won; Park, Eal Whan

Journal of Korean Society Quality Assurance Health Care 1994;1(2): 34.
Published online December 30, 1994.

수련병원의 평균재원일수에 영향을 주는 요인에 관한 연구

서순원¹, 박일환²

¹단국대학교병원 의무기록과
²단국대학교병원 가정의학과

A Study on the Factors Affecting the Length of Hospital Stay in Teaching Hospitals

Sun Won Seo¹, Eal Whan Park²

¹Department of Medical Records Administration
²Department of Family Medicine

Abstract

Background
The average hospital stay in most Korean teaching hospitals is longer than that of hospitals in developed countries. The investigation of average hospital stay of teaching hospitals is considered as an important measure to evaluate the effectiveness of hospital management. In this article authors analyzed the relationship of several variables (hospital ownership, number of beds, location of hospitals, number of physician) to length of hospital stay in each clinical department.
Methods
The average hospital stay of each clinical department of 184 teaching hospitals was investigated. Authors reviewed the papers of teaching hospitals, that was reported to the Korean Association of Hospitals.
Results
The means of hospital stay day of hospitals were not significantly different according to the number of hospital beds and location of hospitals. Only the difference of hospital stay according to ownerships was significant. The length of stay was the highest in public hospitals and the lowest in juridical hospitals.
Conclusions
The number of beds and location of hospitals were not associated with the average hospital stay. But ownerships affected the average hospital stay. The national or public hospitals had the longest length of hospital stay. Number of specialists and number of all physicians were closely related to the average hospital stay.

Key words Average Hospital Stay;Teaching Hospital;