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