Episode of admitted patient care—length of stay (excluding leave days), total N[NN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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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:![]() | Total days N[NN] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class:![]() | Total | |
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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. |
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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Related metadata references:![]() | Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—admission date, DDMMYYYY Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020 Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—number of leave days, total N[NN] Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 06/09/2016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 ![]() No registration status |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Admitted patient care separation (discharge) related data elements (TDLU) cluster Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/11/2023 Admitted patient care separation (discharge) related data elements (TDLU) cluster Tasmanian Health, Standard 10/11/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Admitted patient care separation (discharge) related data elements (TDLU) cluster (Private Hospitals) Tasmanian Health, Standard 21/11/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 12/04/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2019 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2020 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/11/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2021 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/11/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2022 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 22/11/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Tasmanian Admitted Patient Data Set - 2023 Tasmanian Health, Standard 22/11/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 |
Implementation in Indicators:![]() |
Used as Numerator
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