NAME              TYPE   LENGTH
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 37.  MEDPAR Length of            PACK   3
      Stay Day Count
  
 The count in days of the total length of a beneficiary's
 stay in a hospital or SNF.
  
 DB2      ALIAS : UNDEFINED
 SAS      ALIAS : LOSCNT
 STANDARD ALIAS : MEDPAR_LOS_DAY_CNT
  
 LENGTH         : 5    SIGNED : Y
  
 DERIVATIONS :
 This field is derived by subtracting the date of
 discharge (or thru date in SNF cases where beneficiary
 is still a patient) from the date of admission. If
 difference is '0,' the value becomes a '1.'
  
 SOURCE         : NCH