Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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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 |