Episode of admitted patient care (postnatal)—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 (postnatal) |
METEOR identifier: | 269985 |
Registration status: | Health!, Superseded 04/07/2007 |
Definition: | The postnatal length of stay of a patient, including leave days, measured in days. |
Context: | Perinatal |
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 for the mother: LOS (post-natal) = mother's Separation date - baby's Date of birth Formula for the baby: LOS (post-natal) = baby's Separation date - baby's Date of birth Both calculations are inclusive of those dates and any leave days are included. Excludes transfers, home births and other non-hospital births. Total contracted days are included in the length of stay. |
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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Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Episode of admitted patient care—length of stay (including leave days) (postnatal), total N[NN] Health!, Standard 04/07/2007 Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—separation date, DDMMYYYY Health!, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016 Is formed using Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Commonwealth Department of Health , Standard 14/10/2015 Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005 Disability, Standard 07/10/2014 Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010 Health!, Standard 04/05/2005 Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010 Housing assistance, Standard 20/06/2005 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Indigenous, Standard 11/08/2014 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 30/04/2024 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 Is re-engineered from Length of stay (postnatal), version 1, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (13.9 KB) No registration status |