Episode of admitted patient care—length of stay (excluding leave days), total N[NN]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Length of stay |
| METEOR identifier: | 269982 |
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| 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) |
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| Representation class: | Total | ||||||||||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||||||||||||
| Format: | N[NN] | ||||||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Unit of measure: | Day | ||||||||||||||||
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| 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. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Origin: | National Health Data Committee | ||||||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes  Length of stay, version 3, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (14.1 KB) No registration statusIs formed using Episode of admitted patient care—admission date, DDMMYYYY
Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—number of leave days, total N[NN]
Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—number of leave periods, total N[N]
Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—separation date, DDMMYYYY
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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