Clark, David; Ryan, Louise; Lucas, F. L. - In: Journal of Applied Statistics 34 (2007) 10, pp. 1225-1239
To allow more accurate prediction of hospital length of stay (LOS) after serious injury or illness, a multi-state model is proposed, in which transitions from the hospitalized state to three possible outcome states (home, long-term care, or death) are assumed to follow constant rates for each of...