 Length of Stay
"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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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 1998 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 1999 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2000 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2001 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2002 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2003 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2004 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2005 | 0 | 13 | 13 | | 2006 | 1 | 11 | 12 | | 2007 | 1 | 13 | 14 | | 2008 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2009 | 7 | 16 | 23 | | 2010 | 4 | 25 | 29 | | 2011 | 5 | 19 | 24 | | 2012 | 6 | 21 | 27 | | 2013 | 3 | 39 | 42 | | 2014 | 7 | 37 | 44 | | 2015 | 9 | 52 | 61 | | 2016 | 12 | 48 | 60 | | 2017 | 9 | 45 | 54 | | 2018 | 19 | 45 | 64 | | 2019 | 14 | 56 | 70 | | 2020 | 5 | 42 | 47 | | 2021 | 3 | 49 | 52 | | 2022 | 1 | 32 | 33 | | 2023 | 2 | 20 | 22 | | 2024 | 16 | 31 | 47 | | 2025 | 9 | 51 | 60 | | 2026 | 1 | 25 | 26 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Length of Stay" by people in Profiles.
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Mullens CL, Diaz A, Bredbeck BC, Kunnath N, Dimick JB, Ibrahim AM. Rural Residence and Postsurgical Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Aug 03; 9(8):e2626959.
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Raval MV, Tian Y, Schäfer W, Balbale SN, Perez MN, Ingram ME, Lehane A, Smith CJ, Sullivan GA, Reiter AJ, Hu A, Borst JM, Blake SC, Close S, Davis TL, Essner BS, Heiss KF, Huang LW, Wymore E, Paniagua-Perez D, Engelhardt KM, Graffy PM, Johnson JK, Lillehei CW, Gray BW, Goldstein SD, Short SS, Pandya SR, Taylor JA, Gayer C, Goldin AB, Boelig MM, Rialon KL, Jancelewicz T, Lipskar AM, Jafri M, Tracy ET, Harting MT, Sulkowski JP, Ham PB, Vali K, Cina RA, Schindel DT, Islam S, Teeple EA, Shah SR, Gosain A, Rothstein DH, Brockel MA, Chown J, Holl JL. Implementation and Effectiveness of an Enhanced Recovery Protocol for Children Undergoing Surgery: The ENRICH-US Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trial. JAMA Surg. 2026 07 01; 161(7):670-680.
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Hoyt BM, Thomas J, Tyler A, Temte E, McMahon M, Watson JD, Bonafide CP, Beidas RS, Xiao R, Schisterman EF, Tchou MJ. Nasogastric Hydration Utilization in Bronchiolitis, an EMO Trial Observational Substudy. Hosp Pediatr. 2026 Jul 01; 16(7):600-609.
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Baldo A, Akabane M, Kawashima J, Endo Y, Chatzipanagiotou OP, Sahara K, Ruzzenente A, Lesurtel M, Bauer TW, Marques HP, Martel G, Popescu I, Weiss MJ, Kitago M, Poultsides G, Sasaki K, Maithel SK, Hugh T, Gleisner A, Aucejo F, Pulitano C, Shen F, Koerkamp BG, Endo I, Spolverato G, Pawlik TM. Risk-adjusted cumulative sum (RA-CUSUM) method for real time monitoring of surgical units performance. HPB (Oxford). 2026 Jul; 28(7):987-995.
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Trent SA, Beaty L, Peers J, Simon S, Scovorodniev A, Kireeva I, Fishchuk R, Carlson NE, Ginde AA, Bills CB. Clinical epidemiology, microbiology, and care of war-related wounds in Ukraine. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Aug 01; 101(2 Suppl 2026):S137-S142.
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Bonsdorff A, Wennerblom J, Wigmore SJ, Williamsson C, Kjeseth T, Kirkegård J, de Ponthaud C, Sparrelid E, Hallet J, Sallinen V. Comparing Hand-Sewn Closure to Stapler Closure for Pancreatic Stump Management in Left Pancreatectomy: A Retrospective International Multicenter Propensity Score-Matched Study. J Am Coll Surg. 2026 May 01; 242(5):1348-1358.
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Saleem MM, Usmani SUR, Hashmi MR, Abbas H, Abbas S, Wasif MH, Irfan Q, Shahzad M, Novotny NM, Robinson JR. Surgical management of pilonidal sinus disease in pediatric population: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pediatr Surg. 2026 Jul; 61(7):163145.
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Yoosefi M, Manukumar AG, Mariathas HH, Hatefi A, Patey C, Norman P, Ahmadzadeh B, Walsh A, Hurley O, Asghari S. Did an emergency department flow optimization protocol reduce wait times? A multiple-site interrupted time series analysis in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Am J Emerg Med. 2026 Jul; 105:101-108.
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Minagawa T, Itano O, Sugawara T, Hoshimoto S, Shinoda M. Surgeon-controlled robotic CUSA technique for liver parenchymal transection. Surg Endosc. 2026 May; 40(5):4461-4467.
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Steck A, Hefti E, Schuetz P, Fux C, Jung K, Sigrist D, Kutz A, Struja T. Effect of implementing measures to reduce resource utilisation in medical wards (CopAIN project): a single-centre interrupted time-series analysis. Swiss Med Wkly. 2026 Mar 31; 156:4539.
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