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| width="139" height="27" | INDICATOR:
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|style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold" width="502" | LENGTH OF STAY PER MEDICINE WARD ADMISSION
|style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold" | [[:Category: Length of stay| LENGTH OF STAY]] PER MEDICINE WARD ADMISSION


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| height="37" | SIGNIFICANCE:
| | SIGNIFICANCE:
  | Length of stay (LOS) is influenced by many factors, but safe and effective care should result in shorter length of stay.
  | 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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| height="23" | DEFINITIONS:
| | DEFINITIONS:
  | Average LOS reported for each ward in the region.
  | Average LOS reported for each [[ Site and Location table | ward]] in the region.


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| height="26" | SPECIFICATION:
| | SPECIFICATION:
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| height="63" | Inclusion Criteria:
| | Inclusion Criteria:
  | All ward admissions in the Medicine Database.  Admissions from Emergency Department are considered a new ward admission when patient is admitted to the service.  If transfers occur across wards or another service within the same hospital,  this will be reported as 3 individual length of stays in the ward and not one cumulative LOS.
  | 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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| height="22" | Exclusion Criteria:
| | Exclusion Criteria:
  | None
  | None


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| rowspan="2" height="28" | Required Variables  (Definition of Terms/) :
| rowspan="2" | Required Variables  (Definition of Terms) :
  | Ward admit date/time – the date and time the patient is admitted to a ward.
  | [[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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  | Ward discharge date/time – the date and time the patient was discharge to a ward.
  | [[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" height="29" | Calculation Procedure:
| rowspan="2" | Calculation Procedure:
  | LOS per patient = Ward discharge date/time – Ward admit date/time (expressed in days).
  | '''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 admissions to a ward where discharge date is between the beginning and the ending of the reporting time.
  | '''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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| height="25" | WHERE & WHEN  REPORTED:
| | WHERE & WHEN  REPORTED:
  | [[Quarterly report]] and Annual Report in Fiscal Year of Activity Summary.
  | [[Quarterly report]] and [[Annual report]] in Fiscal Year of Activity Summary.
    
    
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| height="24" | PRESCRIBED BY:
| | PRESCRIBED BY:
  | Dr Dan Roberts  
  | [[p:Dr. Dan Roberts]]


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| height="23" | TARGET:
| | TARGET:
  | None yet.
  | None yet.


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| height="23" | COMMENT:
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== Related Articles ==
{{Related Articles}}


 
[[Category:Length of stay]]
 
[[Category:Reporting]]
 
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[[Category: Length of stay]]

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