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 

• Alternate Level of Care (ALC) Patients - Method of Identification
• Level of Care (LOC) - In Hospital

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)