Episode of admitted patient care—length of stay (including 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 (including leave days) |
METEOR identifier: | 269983 |
Registration status: | Health!, Superseded 04/07/2007 |
Definition: | The length of stay of a patient measured in days. |
Data Element Concept: | Episode of admitted patient care—length of stay (including 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 (incl. leave days) = Separation date - Admission date The calculation is inclusive of admission and separation dates. A same-day patient should be allocated a length of stay of one day. Total contracted days are included in the length of stay. All leave days are included in length of stay calculation. |
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Comments: | All admitted patient care situations where it is required to know the total length of a stay in hospital. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | National Health Data Committee |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Episode of admitted patient care—length of stay (including leave days), total N[NN] Health!, Standard 04/07/2007 Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—admission date, DDMMYYYY Health!, Superseded 06/09/2018 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020 Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—separation date, DDMMYYYY Health!, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016 Is re-engineered from Length of stay (including leave days), version 1, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (13.8 KB) No registration status |
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