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

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:Episode 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
Supersedes PDFLength of stay, version 3, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (14.1 KB) No registration status
Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—admission date, DDMMYYYY
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
  • Health, Superseded 06/09/2018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  • Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020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]
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
  • 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
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Admitted patient care separation (discharge) related data elements (TDLU) clusterTasmanian Health, Standard 18/05/2021

Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2016Tasmanian 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 - 2017Tasmanian 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 - 2018Tasmanian 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 - 2019Tasmanian 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 - 2020Tasmanian 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 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard 23/11/2016

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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