ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Surg.
Sec. Visceral Surgery
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1431369
Hospital length of stay and its predictors among surgical patients at Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Provisionally accepted
- 1Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 2yanet College, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 3University of Gondar, Gondar, Amhara, Ethiopia
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Background: Reducing the length of hospital stay can significantly lower healthcare costs, minimize the risk of hospital-acquired infections and complications, and improve patient wellbeing. Accordingly, this study aimed to assess the length of hospital stay and its predictors among surgical patients at public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted among 394 surgical patients from August 1 and November 30, 2023. The length of hospital stay was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier survival curves, and group differences were assessed with the log-rank test. Variables with a p-value less than 0.05 in the multivariable Cox proportional hazards model were considered statistically significant predictors.
Keywords: Length of hospital stay, predictors, Surgical patients, Public hospitals, Addis Ababa
Received: 11 May 2024; Accepted: 26 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Sifer, Ahmed, Getachew and Assefa. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Samuel Dessu Sifer, Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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