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m New page: Patients may show up in our database repeatedly either during the same hospital stay or at a later time. If they show up at a later time, but soon after the last hospital stay, they may qu...
 
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== Multiple Encounters ==
== Multiple Encounters ==
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What is the cut-off for continuous stay detection when moving between ICUs and/or wards? E.g. if patient is discharged from one ward at 0800, how late can he arrive at the next ward and still be considered a continuous stay?
What are the fields that have to match to consider two encounters the same patient?


== Readmissions ==
== Readmissions ==