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| [[Admit | | [[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" height="29" | Calculation Procedure: | | rowspan="2" height="29" | Calculation Procedure: | ||
| '''LOS per admission per ward''' = [[ | | '''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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Revision as of 20:10, 23 October 2014
| INDICATOR: | LENGTH OF STAY PER MEDICINE WARD ADMISSION |
| SIGNIFICANCE: | Length of stay (LOS) is influenced by many factors, but safe and effective care should result in shorter length of stay. |
| DEFINITIONS: | Average LOS reported for each ward in the region. |
| SPECIFICATION: | |
| Inclusion Criteria: | All ward admissions in the Medicine Database (MedTMS). Admissions from Emergency Department are considered a "new" ward admission when patient is admitted to the medicine 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. |
| Exclusion Criteria: | None |
| Required Variables (Definition of Terms) : | Ward admit date/time – the date and time the patient is admitted to a ward. Go to: Definition of Admission date and time for Medicine patients. |
| Ward discharge date/time – the date and time the patient was discharge to a ward. | |
| Calculation Procedure: | LOS per admission per ward = Ward discharge date/time – Ward admit date/time (expressed in days). |
| Average LOS Per Ward = average LOS from all admissions to a ward where discharge date is between the beginning and the ending of the Reporting time. | |
| WHERE & WHEN REPORTED: | Quarterly report and Annual report in Fiscal Year of Activity Summary. |
| PRESCRIBED BY: | Dr. Dan Roberts |
| TARGET: | None yet. |
| COMMENT: |