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

2021; Elsevier BV; Volume: 568; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.physa.2020.125618

1873-2119

Francisco Reyes-Santías, Juan C. Reboredo, Edilson Machado de Assis, Miguel Angel Rivera Castro,

Advanced Statistical Methods and Models

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.