Continuous Stay

This article is about Multiple Encounter patients who have not been discharged in between encounters.

Medicine Definition

A continuous stay for a patient per site is having the same Visit Admit DtTm for the multiple encounters.

Reports using this concept

Used in Directors Quarterly and Annual Report

Critical Care Definition

• Currently, the multiple encounters of an ICU episode from same or different site is not being done or reported.

• if to be done in the future, Dr. Allan Garland prescribed it based on the paper he did (Sept 7, 2012).
  • Link one or more ICU whether same or diff hospitals.

   1. Gap <= 24 hr and (TO=blank or from=blank)
   2. Gap <= 48 hr and previous to = ICU/OR/PACU and from = ICU/OR/PACU
   3. the cases discharge to CCU but database has no HSC CCU prior May 1999 **;
           From= CCU/OR/PACU and previous to= CCU and 2 < diff < 20  

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