Episode of intensive care—length of stay, total days N[NNN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Intensive care episode length of stay |
METEOR identifier: | 320594 |
Registration status: | Health!, Recorded 14/07/2006 |
Definition: | The total number of days spent by a person in an intensive care unit during an episode of intensive care. |
Data Element Concept: | Episode of intensive care—length of stay |
Value Domain: | Total days N[NNN] |
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Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NNN] | |
Maximum character length: | 4 | |
Unit of measure: | Day |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The length of stay of a patient is calculated by subtracting the patient's intensive care episode start date from the intensive care episode end date. A same day patient is allocated a length of stay of one. Example: Patient started intensive care on 1/1/2014. Patient ended intensive care on 1/1/2014. Number of days = 1. Intensive care start time and intensive care end time are not used in the calculation. |
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Intensive care DSS Health!, Recorded 14/07/2006 |
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