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

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termLength of stay
METEOR identifier:Help on this term269982
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/09/2016
Definition:Help on this term

The length of stay of a patient, excluding leave days, measured in days.

Data Element Concept:Help on this termEpisode of admitted patient care—length of stay (excluding leave days)

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termTotal
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN[NN]
Maximum character length:Help on this term3
Unit of measure:Help on this termDay

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Formula:

LOS = Separation date - Admission date - Total leave days

The calculation is inclusive of admission and separation dates.

Comments:Help on this term

Perinatal length of stay metadata items include leave days and so are not included in this metadata item.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this term

National Health Data Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
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  • Health, Superseded 06/09/2018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  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020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Is re-engineered from PDF Length of stay, version 3, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (14.1 KB) No registration status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:Help on this term
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:Help on this term
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
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