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==Definition and Derivation==
==Definition and Derivation==
* '''Individual LOS per ward''' = [[Dispo DtTm]]
* Calculate the LOS - see [[LOS Per Record]]  
{{discuss | who=Julie |question = is this [[Arrive DtTm]] or [[Accept DtTm]]? }}
* Per patient, identify the records having the same [[Visit Admit DtTm]]. This implies same hospital stay or hospitalization.
(expressed in days).
* Per patient per hospitalization, sum up all the [[LOS Per Record]]
* '''LOS per patient''' = sum of individual LOS in all the wards the patient stayed during a [[Site and Location table | hospital]] stay.
** It is possible that the same patient may have one or more hospitalization within the same time frame.
* '''Ave LOS Per Ward''' = average LOS from all hospital stays over all admissions in each ward, where discharge date of the last service (ward/ICU) is between the beginning and the ending of the reporting time.  The term of reference for the [[Site and Location table | ward]] is the first [[Site and Location table | ward]] the patient was admitted.
* '''Ave LOS per ward or unit''' = average LOS from all [[Site and Location table | hospital]] stays over all admissions in each ward or unit, where discharge date of the last service (ward/ICU) is between the beginning and the ending of the reporting time.   
* '''Ave LOS Per [[Site and Location table | Hospital]]''' = average LOS from all hospital stays over all admissions in each [[Site and Location table | Hospital]], where discharge date of the last service (ward/ICU) is between the beginning and the ending of the reporting time.


== Reported ==
== Reported ==