Dispo field

This field is currently being implemented, please check the instructions and put a discussion for anything that isn't clear. 

The Dispo field contains information about what happens to the patient at the end of their admission.

Collection Instruction

For each patient,

• enter the location that most closely matches

Alternatively,

• for patients who expire, one of
  • "Died - Organ Donor"
  • "Died - NOT Organ Donor"
• for patients who leave against medical advice, enter "Left AMA"

If you know the location exactly, you can type it. Otherwise press the "magic wand" button to take you to the S dispo chooser‎ to help filter options if desired.

For wards where we don't collect, enter e.g. HSC_ward. For wards where we do collect enter the actual ward as available in the dropdown.

Data Use

• Mortality Rate
• Intra or Inter Transfer Rate
• Discharges out of hospital
• Organ donor rate
• AMA Rate
• Linking admissions

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• Check organ donors must be dead

Implementation

The field is populated with options from the s_dispo table.

Legacy

This field is part of the 2016 Time and Place changes.

It a combination of our previous

• Discharge To
• Var 2 - Discharge-to Ward
• ICU Var 6 - AMA
• Survive / Expired

Related articles:

• Organ Donor/Braindead

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