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|  | INDICATOR:
|style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold" | [[:Category: Length of stay| LENGTH OF STAY]] PER MEDICINE WARD ADMISSION


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| | SIGNIFICANCE:
| Length of stay (LOS) is influenced by many factors, but safe and effective care should result in shorter [[:Category: Length of stay| length of stay]].


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|  | DEFINITIONS:
| Average LOS reported for each [[ Site and Location table | ward]] in the region.


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| | SPECIFICATION:
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[[Category: Length of stay]]
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|  | Inclusion Criteria:
| All [[Site and Location table | ward]] admissions in the Medicine Database ([[MedTMS]]).  Admissions from Emergency Department are considered a "new" [[Site and Location table | ward]] admission when patient is admitted to the  medicine service.  If transfers occur across [[Site and Location table | wards]] or another service within the same [[Site and Location table | hospital]],  this will be reported as 3 individual length of stays in the ward and not one cumulative LOS.
 
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|  | Exclusion Criteria:
| None
 
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| rowspan="2" | Required Variables  (Definition of Terms) :
| [[Admit date and time | Ward admit date/time]] – the date and time the patient is admitted to a [[Site and Location table | ward]]. Go to: [[Discharge_date_and_time#Definition_for_Medicine | Definition of Admission date and time for Medicine patients]].
 
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| [[Discharge date and time | Ward discharge date/time]] – the date and time the patient was discharge to a ward.
 
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| rowspan="2" | Calculation Procedure:
| '''LOS per admission per ward''' = [[Discharge date and time | Ward discharge date/time]] – [[Admit date and time | Ward admit date/time]] (expressed in days).
 
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| '''Average LOS Per Ward''' = average LOS from all admissions to a [[Site and Location table | ward]] where discharge date is between the beginning and the ending of the [[:Category: Reporting | Reporting]] time.
 
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| | WHERE & WHEN  REPORTED:
| [[Quarterly report]] and [[Annual report]] in Fiscal Year of Activity Summary.
 
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|  | PRESCRIBED BY:
| [[p:Dr. Dan Roberts]]
 
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|  | TARGET:
| None yet.
 
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|  | COMMENT:
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== Related Articles ==
{{Related Articles}}
 
[[Category:Length of stay]]
[[Category:Reporting]]
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