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HES field name Episode duration
Field epidur
Class Episodes and spells
Length and format 5n
Availability
Description

This field contains the difference in days between the episode start date (epistart) and the episode end date (epiend). If the episode is unfinished epidur is set as null.

Value

5n = Duration of episode in days from 0 to 29,200

null = Not applicable (other maternity event or not known)

Data cleaning
Not applicable (derived by Rule 250)

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