Episode day stay length of The number of Episode_day_stay_los has been re-coded as Formerly as ‘dolos’. stay in hours hours a patient follows: who is admitted for public hospitals: Episode_day_stay_los is and separated on renamed to Episode_day_stay_los_recode. the same day is for private hospitals: admitted to the episode_day_stay_los_recode = integer part of hospital. (episode_day_stay_los divided by 10) Episode end date The date on which Formerly known as ‘sepdate’. (episode_end_date) an admitted patient completes an episode of care, by either a formal discharge from the hospital or by a statistical type change to a subsequent episode. Episode end time The time on an Formerly known as ‘septime’. (episode_end_time) admitted patient completes an episode of care, by either a formal discharge from the hospital or by a statistical type change to a subsequent episode.
Episode day stay length of stay in hours The number of hours a patient who is admitted and separated on the same day is admitted to the hospital. Episode_day_stay_los has been re-coded as follows: for public hospitals: Episode_day_stay_los is renamed to Episode_day_stay_los_recode. for private hospitals: episode_day_stay_los_recode = integer part of (episode_day_stay_los divided by 10) Formerly as ‘dolos’. Episode end date (episode_end_date) The date on which an admitted patient completes an episode of care, by either a formal discharge from the hospital or by a statistical type change to a subsequent episode. Formerly known as ‘sepdate’. Episode end time (episode_end_time) The time on an admitted patient completes an episode of care, by either a formal discharge from the hospital or by a statistical type change to a subsequent episode. Formerly known as ‘septime’.
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