Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269529 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/04/2021 |
Definition: | Number of leave periods in a hospital stay (excluding one-day leave periods for admitted patients). Leave period is a temporary absence from hospital, with medical approval for a period no greater than seven consecutive days. |