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{{Reporting Indicators |description=See page |Program=Critical Care and Medicine |indicator_start_date=1988-07-11 |indicator_name={{PAGENAME}} |program=Critical Care and Medicine }} Usually used in aggregate form as "per location" and/or "per timeframe", e.g. by day/month/quarter/year x Ward/Unit x Hospital. ==Uses== ===Critical Care=== Part of the [[APACHE_Scoring_table#Age_Points|APACHE II score]] where patient's age falling under an age group(i.e. ≤44,45-54,55-64,65-74,≥75) has corresponding score ===Critical Care QI domain=== [[QualityDomain::Understanding the population]] by showing aggregate counts of patients per age group (i.e. <40,40-60,61-80,>80) ===Medicine=== Part of [[ALERT Scale]] as Age and AgexAge ==Sampling Plan / Procedure== 100 % of all patients admitted to Medicine or Critical Care ===Inclusion Criteria=== All ===Exclusion Criteria=== None ==Definition and Derivation== === Function to calculate Age === *Both formula yields the same AGE values. ====ACCESS==== *CCMDB_Age = excel.WorksheetFunction.Floor(CInt(DateDiff("yyyy", [[Date of Birth]], [[Admit DtTm]])) + Int(Format([[Admit DtTm]], "mmdd") < Format([[Date of Birth]], "mmdd")), 1) ====SAS ==== *Age=floor((intck('month',[[Date of Birth]],[[Admit DtTm]]) - (day([[Admit DtTm]]) < day([[Date of Birth]]))) / 12) == Reported as == * Mean Age, Median Age, Minimum Age, Maximum Age for a given time-frame and/or location * Counts and % of total patients based on age group for a given time frame and/or location == Frequency == * Time frame can be monthly, quarterly, yearly and can be based on admission dates or discharge dates == Related fields == * [[Date of Birth]] * [[Admit DtTm]] == Related articles == {{Related Articles}} [[Category:APACHE II]] [[Category:ALERT Scale Elements]] [[Category:Data structure]] [[Category:Data Use]] [[Category:Created Variables 2021]]

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