Neural networks and hospital length of stay: an application to support healthcare management with national benchmarks and thresholds

Table 2 Clinical units and outcomes under investigation

Clinical unit	Hospitalization length^a		Long hospitalizations (LOS > national average) (%)	Outlier hospitalizations (LOS > national threshold) (%)
Clinical unit	(Case study)	(National benchmark)	Long hospitalizations (LOS > national average) (%)	Outlier hospitalizations (LOS > national threshold) (%)
Cardiology	5.352	5.764	19.38	1.62
Geriatrics	12.516	9.808	59.19	5.98
Internal medicine	10.076	9.744	41.66	4.23
Emergency medicine	9.387	9.412	39.14	4.38
Neurology	9.724	9.339	37.84	2.88
Oncology	11.533	10.717	36.75	2.41
Respiratory diseases	10.525	9.738	48.26	2.36
Total (DIEM)	9.891	9.219	40.06	3.74

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