Research Article
Physicians’ Ability to Predict Hospital Length of Stay for Patients Admitted to the Hospital from the Emergency Department
Table 2
Predicted and actual LOS within admitting services.
| | | Mean difference (actual-predicted LOS in days)* | SD (days) | 95% CI |
| Neurology | 41 | 3.64 | | 2.33–4.96 | Psychiatry | 32 | 4.42 | | 2.14–6.70 | Surgery/trauma | 81 | 3.31 | | 2.44–4.19 | Medicine | 275 | 3.93 | | 3.05–4.81 | Total | 429 | 3.82 | | 3.21–4.44 |
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