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== Purpose == | == Purpose == | ||
The purpose is to determine the avoidable days or bed wasted by patients who are deemed ready to leave the unit or ward and then either move to a lower level of care or leave the hospital. | The purpose is to determine the avoidable days or bed wasted by patients who are deemed ready to leave the unit or ward and then either move to a lower level of care or leave the hospital. This is used as part of the concept [[Avoidable Days in ICU]]. | ||
What is being sought here is the ''intent'' to send someone to a lower level of care only. Thus, it doesn’t matter what actually happened after this intent occurs (e.g. patient getting sicker and the transfer intent cancelled). <!-- Clarified at the 11Sept2017 Steering Committee meeting --> | What is being sought here is the ''intent'' to send someone to a lower level of care only. Thus, it doesn’t matter what actually happened after this intent occurs (e.g. patient getting sicker and the transfer intent cancelled). <!-- Clarified at the 11Sept2017 Steering Committee meeting --> | ||