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HES field name Date of discharge
Field disdate
Class Discharges
Length and format dd/mm/yyyy (Date)
Availability All years
Description

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.

Value

dd/mm/yyyy = Date

null = Date not known / not applicable

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