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 attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Episode of admitted patient care—length of stay (excluding leave days) |
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METEOR identifier: | 269422 |
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 measured in patient days. A same-day patient should be allocated a length of stay of one patient day. The length of stay of an overnight stay patient is calculated by subtracting the date the patient is admitted from the date of separation and deducting total leave days. Total contracted patient days are included in the length of stay. |
Context: | Admitted patient care |
Object class: | Episode of admitted patient care |
Property: | Length of stay |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Total days N[NN] |
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METEOR identifier: | 270577 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 16/03/2016 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/09/2016 |
Definition: | Total number of days. |
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 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: | 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 |
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