What makes the hospitalisation system more efficient? An application of the decomposition method to Hong Kong morbidity data

Yip, Paul S F; Lee, Carmen K M; Chow, Chun-Bong; Lo, William T L

4. The reduction of the average duration of stay can vary among various diseases codes. However, there is quite a substantial proportion of missing information on the disease code in the data, no result was available. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 F o r p e e r r e v i e w o n l y 5 adults aged 65 or over in 2012 and increase to more than one third by 2041 and it would have significant impact on health and medical services. [8] [9] [10] [11] In this study we aim to investigate the factors on reduction of total hospitalization days which directly relates to healthcare costs. According to the latest report by the Hospital Authority, despite an increase in population size from 6.7 to 7.0 million and the number of patients (583,000 to 664,000) from 2000 to 2010, there has been a significant reduction in the total number of hospitalization days.