LOS

See: Length of stay under Indicator Definitions.

For our purposes, LOS (length of stay) is the combined number of days a patient spent on units on which we collect data. It is not the amount of time spent in the hospital as we don't have access to hospital admit/discharge data. Ward LOS and ICU LOS are included in our monthly, quarterly and annual reports.

Template:Discussion There seem to be two different concepts, combined LOS (or hospital LOS?) and ward LOS. Do we have different names and definitions for these? Could be confusing without... Ttenbergen 14:39, 2014 January 2 (CST)

• LOS = Discharge Date/Time – Admit Date/Time.

For example:

• Admit Date/Time: 20 May 2008 11:30
• Discharge Date/Time: 21 May 2008 17:45
• LOS = 1.260 (3 decimal digit accuracy is used for individual patients, 1 digit for averages)

Legacy

• resuscitated patients with a short LOS used to be ignored, Category:Arrest
• LOS vs TISS LOS - TISS76-2 hour rule used to mean that # of TISS days might be different than LOS. This is no longer the case as of TISS28.