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Average Length of Stay (ALOS)

This refers to how long, on average, patients are inpatients in a hospital. This can sometimes be used as a measure of efficiency, but it is not necessarily correlated with quality of care.

Tax Preference for Employer-Sponsored Insurance

Under the current tax code the amount employers spend on health insurance is tax deductible and not considered taxable compensations; similarly, employees’ contributions toward their…