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== review needed ==
Calculated by [[Function LOS()]] / [[Function LOS_int()]].
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* This needs to be updated for [[Accept DtTm]] and [[Arrive DtTm]], and then for [[Service tmp entry]] and [[Boarding Loc]] instead.
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* need to integrate this better and clean things out; also should make sure that queries that deal with LOS use [[Function LOS()]]
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See: [[:Category: Length of stay]]


For our purposes, '''LOS (length of stay)''' is the combined number of '''days''' a patient spent on units on which we collect data. It is '''not''' the amount of time spent in the hospital as we don't have access to hospital admit/discharge data.  
For our purposes, '''LOS (length of stay)''' is the combined number of '''days''' a patient spent on units on which we collect data. It is '''not''' the amount of time spent in the hospital as we don't have access to hospital admit/discharge data.  
Depending on the type of LOS, the summary statistics namely, Mean, Median, Sum or Total are included in our [[monthly report|monthly]], [[quarterly report|quarterly]] and [[annual report|annual]] reports.
 
{{Discuss | Those links point to collections of reports which isn't helpful, should be individual reports. And they don't need to be listed here at all if the report pages themself link to this page properly.
Depending on the type of LOS, the summary statistics namely, Mean, Median, Sum or Total are included in our various [[Reports]]; see the reports pages or the various LOS pages for details.
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See also: [[:Category: Length of stay]]


== different kinds of LOSs ==
== different kinds of LOSs ==
*Dr. Allan Garland and Julie met March 12, 2014 and identifed the different types of LOS currently calculated and reported as well as assigned a name to each one accordingly.  
*Dr. Allan Garland and Julie met March 12, 2014 and identifed the different types of LOS currently calculated and reported as well as assigned a name to each one accordingly.  


=== LOS_per_Service ===
=== [[LOS Per Service]] ===
LOS from any [[Service tmp entry]] to (either the next [[Service tmp entry]] or, if last, to [[Dispo DtTm]]).


=== [[LOS Per Record]] ===
=== [[LOS Per Record]] ===


=== [[LOS per Critical Care Unit]] ===
=== [[LOS per Location]] ===


=== [[LOS Medicine per hospital admission]] ===
=== [[LOS Medicine per hospital admission]] ===
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Can be defined as the sum of all ICU [[LOS Per Record]] that have less than 48hrs between the previous [[Dispo DtTm]] and the next admit dttm, per [[Person_ID]].
Can be defined as the sum of all ICU [[LOS Per Record]] that have less than 48hrs between the previous [[Dispo DtTm]] and the next admit dttm, per [[Person_ID]].


 
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== Legacy ==
== Legacy ==
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[[Category:Standards and Conventions]]
[[Category:Standards and Conventions]]
[[Category: Statistical Analysis]]
[[Category:Statistical Analysis]]
[[Category: Length of stay]]
[[Category:Length of stay]]
[[Category: Multiple Encounter linking]]
[[Category:Multiple Encounter linking]]