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Does length of hospital stay reflect power-law behavior? A q-Weibull density approach

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  • Reyes-Santias, Francisco
  • Reboredo, Juan C.
  • de Assis, Edilson Machado
  • Rivera-Castro, Miguel A.

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This paper studies whether or not the distribution of the length of hospital stay data follows power-law probability. For hospitals differing in size and specialization, our evidence shows that length of stay is well fitted by power-law density, independently of hospital size. Moreover, failure rates differ across hospitals and are independent of hospital size and specialization.

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  • Reyes-Santias, Francisco & Reboredo, Juan C. & de Assis, Edilson Machado & Rivera-Castro, Miguel A., 2021. "Does length of hospital stay reflect power-law behavior? A q-Weibull density approach," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 568(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:568:y:2021:i:c:s037843712030916x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2020.125618
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