Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
|---|---|
| METEOR identifier: | 269422 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/09/2016 |
| Definition: | The length of stay of a patient measured in patient days. A same-day patient should be allocated a length of stay of one patient day. The length of stay of an overnight stay patient is calculated by subtracting the date the patient is admitted from the date of separation and deducting total leave days. Total contracted patient days are included in the length of stay. |
| Context: | Admitted patient care |
Episode of admitted patient care—length of stay (excluding leave days)
Data Element Concept Attributes
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Object class: | Episode of admitted patient care |
|---|---|
| Definition: | The period of admitted patient care between a formal or statistical admission and a formal or statistical separation, characterised by only one care type. |
| Context: | Admitted patient care. |
| Specialisation of: | Service episode |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | This treatment and/or care provided to a patient during an episode of care can occur in hospital and/or in the person's home (for hospital-in-the-home patients). |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Origin: | Health Data Standards Committee. |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Property: | Length of stay |
|---|---|
| Definition: | The duration of an episode of care or service event that includes the provision of accommodation and/or residential care. |
| Property group: | Performance indicators |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Data element concept attributes
Relational attributes
| Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Episode of admitted patient care—length of stay (excluding leave days), total N[NN] Health, Standard 01/03/2005 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/09/2016 |
|---|