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HES Data Dictionary
| HES field name | Post-operative duration | ||||
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| Field | posopdur | ||||
| Class | Clinical | ||||
| Length and format | 3n | ||||
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| Description | |||||
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This derived field contains the difference in days between the date of the main operation (opdte_01) and the date the episode ended (epiend). |
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| Value | |||||
3n = Number of days between the main operation and the end of the episode from 0-365 null = Not applicable: no operation or episode unfinished |
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