| HES field name | Date of discharge | ||||
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| Field | disdate | ||||
| Class | Discharges | ||||
| Length and format | dd/mm/yyyy (Date) | ||||
| Availability | All years | ||||
| Description | |||||
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This field contains the date on which the patient was discharged from hospital. It is only present in the record for the last episode of a spell. |
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| Value | |||||
dd/mm/yyyy = Date null = Date not known / not applicable |
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