Dispo field

This field is currently being implemented, please check the instructions and put a discussion for anything that isn't clear. 

The Dispo field contains information about what happens to the patient at the end of their admission.

Collection Instruction

For each patient,

• enter the location that most closely matches

Alternatively,

• for patients who expire, one of
  • "Died - Organ Donor"
  • "Died - NOT Organ Donor"
• for patients who leave against medical advice, enter "Left AMA"

If you know the location exactly, you can type it. Otherwise press the "?" button to take you to the S dispo chooser‎ to help filter options if desired.

For wards where we don't collect, enter e.g. HSC_ward. For wards where we do collect enter the actual ward as available in the dropdown.

Data Use

• Mortality Rate
• Intra or Inter Transfer Rate
• Discharges out of hospital
• Organ donor rate
• AMA Rate
• Linking admissions

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• Check organ donors must be dead

Implementation

The field is populated with options from the s_dispo table.

Legacy

This field is part of the 2016 Time and Place changes.

It a combination of our previous

• Discharge To
• Var 2 - Discharge-to Ward
• ICU Var 6 - AMA
• Survive / Expired

Related articles:

• Organ Donor/Braindead

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