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| 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: |