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For our purposes, '''LOS (length of stay)''' is the combined number of '''days''' a patient spent on units on which we collect data. It is '''not''' the amount of time spent in the hospital as we don't have access to hospital admit/discharge data.

~~Ward LOS and ICU~~ LOS are included in our [[monthly report|monthly]], [[quarterly report|quarterly]] and [[annual report|annual]] reports.

Depending on the type of LOS, the summary statistics namely, Mean, Median, Sum or Total are included in our [[monthly report|monthly]], [[quarterly report|quarterly]] and [[annual report|annual]] reports.

{{Discuss | Those links point to collections of reports which isn't helpful, should be individual reports. And they don't need to be listed here at all if the report pages themself link to this page properly.

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* LOS = ~~[[Dispo DtTm]] – Admit Date/Time~~.

* General definition of LOS = difference between the start datetime and end datetime where start datetime and end datetime definitions vary depending on the type of LOS.

''For example'':

* ~~Admit~~ Date/Time: 20 May 2008 11:30

* Start Date/Time: 20 May 2008 11:30

* ~~Discharge~~ Date/Time: 21 May 2008 17:45

* End Date/Time: 21 May 2008 17:45

* LOS = 1.260 (3 decimal digit accuracy is used for individual patients, 1 digit for averages)

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 For our purposes, '''LOS (length of stay)''' is the combined number of '''days''' a patient spent on units on which we collect data. It is '''not''' the amount of time spent in the hospital as we don't have access to hospital admit/discharge data.
-Ward LOS and ICU LOS are included in our [[monthly report|monthly]], [[quarterly report|quarterly]] and [[annual report|annual]] reports.
+Depending on the type of LOS, the summary statistics namely, Mean, Median, Sum or Total are included in our [[monthly report|monthly]], [[quarterly report|quarterly]] and [[annual report|annual]] reports.
 {{Discuss | Those links point to collections of reports which isn't helpful, should be individual reports. And they don't need to be listed here at all if the report pages themself link to this page properly.
 }}
-* LOS = [[Dispo DtTm]] – Admit Date/Time.
+* General definition of LOS = difference between the start datetime and end datetime where start datetime and end datetime definitions vary depending on the type of LOS.
 ''For example'':
-* Admit Date/Time: 20 May 2008 11:30
+* Start Date/Time: 20 May 2008 11:30
-* Discharge Date/Time: 21 May 2008 17:45
+* End  Date/Time: 21 May 2008 17:45
 * LOS = 1.260   (3 decimal digit accuracy is used for individual patients, 1 digit for averages)