Do discharge delays explain longer stays at veterans health administration hospitals?

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Brian Lucas · Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Daniel M. Weinberger · New Haven Public Schools

Anita Vashi · University of California, San Francisco

Jeremy Smith · White River Junction VA Medical Center

Caroline Korves · White River Junction VA Medical Center

Amy C. Justice · VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Britta Neugaard

Abstract

Most of the increase in length of hospital discharging stay was not explained by discharge delays and may instead reflect longer periods of acute care delivery. Improving acute care processes may more effectively reduce hospital capacity strain than bolstering post-acute care availability.

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Published in: BMC Health Services Research

Volume 25, Issue 1, pp. 1595-1595

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-13682-w

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