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Record 1 2003-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
Key term(s)
  • patient-day

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

Pour fins statistiques seulement; un jour-patient est la période d'hospitalisation accordée à un malade entre les heures de recensement de deux jours successifs, le jour de sortie ou de la mort n'étant comptés que lorsque le patient a été admis le même jour.

OBS

pluriel : jours-patient, jours-lit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
DEF

Período de servicios prestados a un paciente interno entre las horas en que se toma el censo diario. El día paciente se cuenta también para la persona que ingresa y egresa el mismo día.

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