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Usually used in aggregate form as "per location" and/or "per timeframe", e.g. month/quarter/year x Ward/Unit x Hospital. | |||
==Significance== | ==Significance== | ||
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]]. | 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]]. | ||
==Start Dates== | |||
*Oct 2003 to Sept 2020 - each record is per ward stay. A hospital stay may have one or more individual ward stay or records. | |||
*Starting Oct 2020- each record is a continuous stay in any locations under Medicine service (or one Medicine episode) - see [[Definition of a Medicine Laptop Admission]]. | |||
**If the patient is transferred to another service and comes back to Medicine service, this is a new record. A hospital stay may have one or more Medicine episodes. | |||
== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
Average LOS reported for each ward, for each ward or unit and for each hospital in the region (see [[Site and Location table]] for list. | Average LOS reported for each ward, for each ward or unit and for each hospital in the region (see [[Site and Location table]] for list. | ||