Establishment—number of patient days, total N[N(7)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Patient days |
METEOR identifier: | 270045 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 01/03/2005 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Definition: | The total number of days for all patients who were admitted for an episode of care and who separated during a specified reference period. |
Data Element Concept: | Establishment—number of patient days |
Value Domain: | Total days N[N(7)] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[N(7)] | |
Maximum character length: | 8 | |
Unit of measure: | Day |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | A day is measured from midnight to 2359 hours. The following basic rules are used to calculate the number of patient days for overnight stay patients:
The following additional rules cover special circumstances and in such cases, override the basic rules:
When calculating total patient days for a specified period:
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Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | National Health Data Committee |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care (newborn)—number of qualified days, total N[NNNN] Health!, Superseded 18/12/2019 Is re-engineered from Patient days, version 3, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (17.2 KB) No registration status See also Establishment—number of hospital patient days including unqualified days for newborns, total N[N(7)] Health!, Recorded 27/08/2014 See also Establishment—number of hospital patient days under Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia surveillance, total days N[NNNNN] Health!, Standard 25/01/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Healthcare-associated infections NBEDS 2016-2021 Health!, Standard 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 DSS specific information: Patient days for unqualified newborns, hospital boarders, and posthumous organ procurement are excluded. Healthcare-associated infections NBEDS 2021– Health!, Qualified 16/03/2022 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 DSS specific information: Patient days for unqualified newborns, hospital boarders, and posthumous organ procurement are excluded. National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: National Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia Dataset 2012-13 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Superseded 09/04/2015 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: National Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia Dataset 2013-14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 Surveillance of healthcare associated infection: Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia NBPDS Health!, Standard 15/11/2012 |