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Average Length of Stay (ALOS) is a common tool used to measure healthcare efficiency. In a minimum of 300 words, please discuss factors that should be considered when using this measure. You may consider factors related to samples, service delivery, disease state, etc. If you were presented with a report that compared your program's ALOS to another program's ALOS, what questions would you ask to ensure that an accurate comparison was made?
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A person can either visit a hospital when they are feeling unwell or just for a routine
check-up. Depending on the analysis of the physician, the person can either be treated in the
outpatient or admitted for a specific number of days. A patient who is admitted can stay
overnight or for several days or weeks until when the patient is discharged. The length of stay
is the total number of days a patient was admitted. The Average Length of Stay (ALOS) is
calculated by dividing the total number of inpatient d...
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