HES field name | Age of baby in days | ||||
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Field | neodur | ||||
Class | Maternity | ||||
Length and format | 2n | ||||
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Description | |||||
This field contains the age in days of a baby admitted as a patient. It is derived from admission date (admidate) and date of birth (dob). If the baby is older than 27 days, neodur is not calculated. | |||||
Value | |||||
2n = Age of patient in days from 0 to 27 null = Not applicable: other maternity event (epitype is 5 or 6) or baby is older than 27 days |
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