A Study on Duration of Hospital Study at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Northern India

Abstract

The length of hospital stay (LOS) is thought to be a vital component of hospital and patient care. Shorter LOS is preferred by hospitals, healthcare providers as well as patients over a longer LOS. The current study was conducted to find interventions meant to lower LOS for a tertiary care hospital that has a large burden of high-risk populations to address the ground-level reality of LOS. A descriptive, retrospective study was designed at SSB Heart and Multispecialty Hospital, Faridabad, Haryana between January 2023 and July 2023. This analysis includes 462 in patients data sets and revealed that 238 (51.52%) females were admitted during the study period, followed by 224 (48.48%) males. The current study found that younger patients (0-20 years of age) stayed in the hospital for an average of 4.49 days, followed by the oldest age group, i.e., >60 years of age. This study concluded that early treatment using standard recommendations and adequate patient surveillance using good sanitary practices are highly efficient in reducing hospital stay length and accelerating patient load clearing. Furthermore, hospital administrators and health policymakers are thought to determine priorities, improve services.

Keywords: Health Technology Assessment Board (HTAIn), LOS -length of hospital stay Hospital Information System (HIS).