Hospital length of stay of patients is a crucial factor for the effective planning and
management of hospital resources. There is considerable interest in predicting the LoS of
patients in order to improve patient care, control hospital costs and increase service
efficiency. This paper presents an extensive review of the literature, examining the
approaches employed for the prediction of LoS in terms of their merits and shortcomings. In
order to address some of these problems, a unified framework is proposed to better …

Hospital length of stay of patients is a crucial factor for the effective planning and
management of hospital resources. There is considerable interest in predicting the LoS of
patients in order to improve patient care, control hospital costs and increase service
efficiency. This paper presents an extensive review of the literature, examining the
approaches employed for the prediction of LoS in terms of their merits and shortcomings. In
order to address some of these problems, a unified framework is proposed to better …