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Risk-Adjusted Average Length of Inpatient Hospital Stay

CBE ID
0327
1.4 Project
All-Cause Admissions and Readmissions
Endorsed
Endorsement Status
Endorsement Removed
1.1 New or Maintenance
Maintenance
E&M Cycle
Full Year 2013
Is Under Review
No
1.3 Measure Description

The average (geometric mean) hospital length of stay in days relative to the expected geometric mean length of stay of any well defined population of inpatients over a specified time interval

    • 1.14 Numerator

      Risk-adjusted in-hospital days average for any defined and observable inpatient population in the form of days above the average that would be expected purely based on patient risk factors of the defined patient population

    • 1.15 Denominator

      Patients admitted to a hospital. Patient population can be aggregated as any grouping of patients (e.g., by hospital, physician, diagnosis code, procedure, DRG, etc.)

    • Exclusions

      The only exclusions are those limited by the parameters set for a specific population and are not limited by diagnosis

    • Most Recent Endorsement Activity
      Measure Retired and Endorsement Removed All-Cause Admissions and Readmissions Project 2013-2014
      Initial Endorsement
      Last Updated
      Removal Date