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Registration status:![]() | Health!, Superseded 04/07/2007 |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Related metadata references:![]() | Has been superseded by Episode of admitted patient care—length of stay (including leave days), total N[NN] Health!, Standard 04/07/2007 Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—admission date, DDMMYYYY Health!, Superseded 06/09/2018 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020 Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—separation date, DDMMYYYY Health!, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016 Is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 ![]() No registration status |