By: Saparja Nag  Jan. 08, 2018

A recent analysis conducted by Dexur found that 53.30% of length of stay (LOS) outliers at Kendall Regional Medical Center were due to 30-day readmissions, the highest percentage of LOS outliers from 30-day readmissions in the country. This was significantly higher than both state and national averages of 31.78% and 29.42%, respectively, for the same metric. LOS outliers are patients who remain admitted in the hospital for longer than the typical length of stay for that particular diagnosis-related group (DRG). A background on LOS outliers and the methodology for how they are determined can be read here. While all LOS outliers affect hospital resources, those that are the result of 30-day readmissions are particularly valuable to identify as they may be easier to target in LOS outlier reduction programs.