Health insurers and the federal government are both putting

Last updated: 7/10/2022

Health insurers and the federal government are both putting pressure on hospitals to shorten the average length of stay (LOS) of their patients. In 2003, the average LOS for non-heart patients was 4.6 days. A random sample of 20 hospitals in one state had a mean LOS for non-heart patients in 2008 of 3.8 days and a standard deviation of 1.2 days and is normally distributed. Calculate a 95 percent confidence interval for the population mean LOS for non- heart patients in these hospitals in 2008.