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Term: ALC (Alternate Level of Care) Hospitalization
Glossary Definition
Last Updated: 2013-10-04
Definition:
Hospitalizations that include some portion of the length of stay designated as alternate level of care (ALC). Note that patients can be admitted as ALC, or can change designation from acute care to ALC (Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), 2010).
Related concepts
Related terms
- ALC (Alternate Level of Care) Days of Hospital Care
- ALC (Alternate Level of Care) Reason Code
- Alternate Level of Care (ALC)
- Coded ALC (Alternate Level of Care)
- Possible ALC (Alternate Level of Care)
References
- Canadian Institute for Health Information. Discharge Abstract Database Abstracting Manual, 2010-2011 Edition. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Institute for Health Information, 2010.(View)
Term used in
- Fransoo R, Martens P, The Need to Know Team, Prior H, Burchill C, Koseva I, Rajotte L. Who is in our Hospitals.and why? Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2013. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
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