Episode of admitted patient care—length of stay (excluding leave days), total N[NN]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Length of stay
METEOR identifier:	269982
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, excluding leave days, measured in days.
Data Element Concept:	Episode of admitted patient care—length of stay (excluding leave days)

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Total
Data type:	Number
Format:	N[NN]
Maximum character length:	3
Unit of measure:	Day
Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	Formula: LOS = Separation date - Admission date - Total leave days The calculation is inclusive of admission and separation dates.
Comments:	Perinatal length of stay metadata items include leave days and so are not included in this metadata item.
Source and reference attributes
Origin:	National Health Data Committee
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—admission date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020 Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—number of leave days, total N[NN] Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 06/09/2016 Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—number of leave periods, total N[N] Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/04/2021 Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—separation date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016 Is re-engineered from Length of stay, version 3, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (14.1 KB) No registration status
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Admitted patient care separation (discharge) related data elements (TDLU) cluster Tasmanian Health, Standard 18/05/2021 Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/01/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/01/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 12/04/2019 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2019 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2020 Tasmanian Health, Standard 10/07/2020 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021
Implementation in Indicators:	Used as Numerator 3.9 Average length of stay for hip fracture patients aged 65 years and over, major and large public hospitals, 2012–13 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 23/11/2016 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 National Health Performance Authority: Hospital Performance: Average length of stay (ALOS) for multi-day stay patients in Australian public hospitals, 2013-2015 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016