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Term: ALC (Alternate Level of Care) Days of Hospital Care
Glossary Definition
Last Updated: 2013-10-04
Definition:
The number of days in hospital the patient was designated as alternate level of care (ALC). This can be the entire length of stay, or only a portion of the hospital stay (Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), 2010).
Related concepts
Related terms
- ALC (Alternate Level of Care) Hospitalization
- 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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