 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
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.400.480 N02.421.585.400.480
|
| Concept/Terms |
Hospital Stay- Hospital Stay
- Hospital Stays
- Stay, Hospital
- Stays, Hospital
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Length of Stay".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Length of Stay".
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.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 1998 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 1999 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2000 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2001 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | 2002 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2003 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2004 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2005 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2006 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2007 | 1 | 14 | 15 | | 2008 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2009 | 7 | 14 | 21 | | 2010 | 4 | 25 | 29 | | 2011 | 5 | 19 | 24 | | 2012 | 6 | 21 | 27 | | 2013 | 2 | 39 | 41 | | 2014 | 7 | 36 | 43 | | 2015 | 8 | 50 | 58 | | 2016 | 11 | 47 | 58 | | 2017 | 8 | 46 | 54 | | 2018 | 19 | 46 | 65 | | 2019 | 14 | 53 | 67 | | 2020 | 5 | 40 | 45 | | 2021 | 3 | 49 | 52 | | 2022 | 1 | 31 | 32 | | 2023 | 2 | 19 | 21 | | 2024 | 16 | 31 | 47 | | 2025 | 9 | 49 | 58 | | 2026 | 1 | 21 | 22 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Length of Stay" by people in Profiles.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Abreu P, Kadri H, Lopez R, Maffei R, Hansen K, Khan AS, Spaggiari M, Yoshida A, Bhati C, Vianna R, Hawksworth J, Eltemamy M, Nydam T, Schold JD, Pshak T. National comparison of outcomes after robotic kidney transplantation and open kidney transplantation. J Robot Surg. 2026 Mar 16; 20(1).
-
Ziogas IA, Kakos CD, Kokkinakis S, Khomiak A, Yoeli D, Adams MA, Marantos A, Dionysis TT, Lovvorn HN, Zamora IJ, Hills-Dunlap JL, Corkum KS, Roach JP. Systematic review and national cancer database analysis of minimally invasive liver surgery in children. J Pediatr Surg. 2026 Jul; 61(7):163079.
-
Vincent SA, Meneses EC, Barone-Camp A, Acker SN, Diaz-Miron J. Gastrojejunostomy Tube Placement in Pediatric Patients: A Comparison of Staged Versus Primary Techniques and Associated Outcomes. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2026 May; 36(5):397-405.
-
Krieg B, Epperson A, Scott T, Awad M, Rosa C, Gu S, Gorman M, Alfonso N. Patient reported cannabis use is associated with greater 24-hour postoperative opioid use but shorter length of stay in isolated tibial shaft fractures. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2026 Mar 09; 36(1).
-
Gibson CJ, Mueller SW, Dorgan EA, Endorf FW, Halevi AE, Wiktor AJ. Real-World Experience of Anacaulase-bcdb Debridement in Burns. J Burn Care Res. 2026 Mar 04; 47(2):432-436.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|