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| width="139" height="27" | INDICATOR: | |||
|style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold" width="502" | LENGTH OF STAY PER MEDICINE WARD ADMISSION | |||
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| height="37" | SIGNIFICANCE: | |||
| Length of stay (LOS) is influenced by many factors, but safe and effective care should result in shorter length of stay. | |||
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| height="23" | DEFINITIONS: | |||
| Average LOS reported for each ward in the region. | |||
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| height="26" | SPECIFICATION: | |||
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| height="63" | Inclusion Criteria: | |||
| All ward admissions in the Medicine Database. Admissions from Emergency Department are considered a new ward admission when patient is admitted to the service. If transfers occur across wards or another service within the same hospital, this will be reported as 3 individual length of stays in the ward and not one cumulative LOS. | |||
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| height="22" | Exclusion Criteria: | |||
| None | |||
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| rowspan="2" height="28" | Required Variables (Definition of Terms/) : | |||
| Ward admit date/time – the date and time the patient is admitted to a ward. | |||
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| Ward discharge date/time – the date and time the patient was discharge to a ward. | |||
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| rowspan="2" height="29" | Calculation Procedure: | |||
| LOS per patient = Ward discharge date/time – Ward admit date/time (expressed in days). | |||
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| Average LOS Per Ward = average LOS from admissions to a ward where discharge date is between the beginning and the ending of the reporting time. | |||
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| height="25" | WHERE & WHEN REPORTED: | |||
| Quarterly and Fiscal Year Activity Summary Report. | |||
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| height="24" | PRESCRIBED BY: | |||
| Dr Dan Roberts | |||
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| height="23" | TARGET: | |||
| None yet. | |||
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| height="23" | COMMENT: | |||
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Revision as of 20:11, 2 February 2010
| INDICATOR: | LENGTH OF STAY PER MEDICINE WARD ADMISSION |
| SIGNIFICANCE: | Length of stay (LOS) is influenced by many factors, but safe and effective care should result in shorter length of stay. |
| DEFINITIONS: | Average LOS reported for each ward in the region. |
| SPECIFICATION: | |
| Inclusion Criteria: | All ward admissions in the Medicine Database. Admissions from Emergency Department are considered a new ward admission when patient is admitted to the service. If transfers occur across wards or another service within the same hospital, this will be reported as 3 individual length of stays in the ward and not one cumulative LOS. |
| Exclusion Criteria: | None |
| Required Variables (Definition of Terms/) : | Ward admit date/time – the date and time the patient is admitted to a ward. |
| Ward discharge date/time – the date and time the patient was discharge to a ward. | |
| Calculation Procedure: | LOS per patient = Ward discharge date/time – Ward admit date/time (expressed in days). |
| Average LOS Per Ward = average LOS from admissions to a ward where discharge date is between the beginning and the ending of the reporting time. | |
| WHERE & WHEN REPORTED: | Quarterly and Fiscal Year Activity Summary Report. |
| PRESCRIBED BY: | Dr Dan Roberts |
| TARGET: | None yet. |
| COMMENT: |