"Length of Stay" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility.
| Descriptor ID |
D007902
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.400.480 N02.421.585.400.480
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| Concept/Terms |
Hospital Stay- Hospital Stay
- Hospital Stays
- Stay, Hospital
- Stays, Hospital
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Length of Stay".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Length of Stay" by people in this website by year, and whether "Length of Stay" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1997 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 1998 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 1999 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2000 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2001 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2002 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2003 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2004 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2005 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2006 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2007 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2008 | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| 2009 | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| 2010 | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| 2011 | 2 | 37 | 39 |
| 2012 | 3 | 32 | 35 |
| 2013 | 8 | 37 | 45 |
| 2014 | 5 | 39 | 44 |
| 2015 | 14 | 45 | 59 |
| 2016 | 10 | 33 | 43 |
| 2017 | 7 | 49 | 56 |
| 2018 | 11 | 47 | 58 |
| 2019 | 16 | 56 | 72 |
| 2020 | 9 | 50 | 59 |
| 2021 | 1 | 53 | 54 |
| 2022 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2023 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 2024 | 11 | 31 | 42 |
| 2025 | 5 | 37 | 42 |
| 2026 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Length of Stay" by people in Profiles.
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Severity of Clinical Presentation and Outcomes in Hospitalized Adult People With Influenza by Type and Subtype, United States-2017-2020. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 17; 82(3):e580-e588.
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Association Between Duration of Candidemia and Clinical and Healthcare Resource Utilization Outcomes Among Hospitalized Adult Patients With Candidemia Who Received Empiric Treatment With an Echinocandin Across United States Hospitals. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Feb 09; 82(1):75-85.
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Enteral lipid supplements for the prevention and treatment of parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease in infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2026 Jan 29; 1:CD014353.
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Naming Impairment and Language Disturbance During Inpatient Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury: Implications for Assessment and Intervention. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2026 Mar 10; 35(2):461-475.
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Assessing Clinical Improvement of Infants Hospitalized for Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Related Critical Illness. J Infect Dis. 2025 Dec 20; 232(6):1283-1291.
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Nutritional Support Patterns and Outcomes in Pediatric Veno-Venous and Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Retrospective Analysis. Nutrients. 2025 Dec 16; 17(24).
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Psychiatric Boarding Hospitalizations for Children With Autism in a Children's Hospital System. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Dec 01; 15(12):e575-e581.
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Pediatric Neuroinflammatory Disorders: Patterns of Hospital Utilization and Population Burden. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Dec 01; 15(12):e566-e574.
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Application of the Surgical APGAR Score to Predict Intensive Care Unit Admission and Post-Operative Outcomes in Cesarean Hysterectomy for Placenta Accreta Spectrum. Medicina (Kaunas). 2025 Nov 30; 61(12).
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Multicenter evaluation of wound closure techniques and postoperative complications following pediatric nonidiopathic scoliosis surgery. Spine Deform. 2026 Mar; 14(2):419-428.