• Dr.A.Girija
• Dr.Keerthi Sukhavasi

The average length of stay (ALOS) provides important information regarding care efficiency and the financing of hospitals. The maximum amount of revenue generated from any patient is in the first few days of the patient’s stay in the hospital. An important factor in utilization of hospital resources lies in the efficient utilization of hospital beds. The study aims to analyze the average length of stay of inpatients in the medical and surgical specialities and explore the factors influencing the length of stay. This study is conducted at a teaching hospital in Hyderabad for a period of three months. A sample of 100 patients are selected for the study purpose who include 40 from medical specialities and 60 from surgical specialities. Primary data is collected through observation and interview. Secondary data is collected from medical records. The findings revealed that highest average length of stay is because of dengue fever, viral pyrexia in medical specialities and cholelithiasis, hernia in surgical specialities. The various factors contributing to prolonged length of stay of the patients in the hospital includes age, sex, diagnosis, mode of payment, comorbidities, complications that arouse or were already present, medical condition of the patient and any other delays like staff unavailability, OT unavailability and delays in pre anaesthesia checkup. Hospital acquired infections, delay in discharges also increased ALOS. ALOS is found to be more in patients with credit payment than cash patients.

Admissions, Average Length of Stay (ALOS), Inpatient days, Medical Specialities, Surgical Specialities, Teaching hospital.

"A STUDY ON AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY IN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SPECIALITIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.f276-f287, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309535.pdf

"A STUDY ON AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY IN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SPECIALITIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppf276-f287, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309535.pdf