| INDICATOR:
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LENGTH OF STAY PER MEDICINE WARD ADMISSION
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| SIGNIFICANCE:
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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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| DEFINITIONS:
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Average LOS reported for each ward in the region.
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| SPECIFICATION:
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| Inclusion Criteria:
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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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| Exclusion Criteria:
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None
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| Required Variables (Definition of Terms/) :
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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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| Calculation Procedure:
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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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| WHERE & WHEN REPORTED:
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Quarterly and Fiscal Year Activity Summary Report.
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| PRESCRIBED BY:
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Dr Dan Roberts
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| TARGET:
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None yet.
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| COMMENT:
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