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HES Data Dictionary
| HES field name | Postnatal stay | ||||
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| Field | postdur | ||||
| Class | Maternity | ||||
| Length and format | 3n | ||||
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| Description | |||||
| This derived field contains the number of days between the baby's birth and the end of the finished episode. It is calculated from episode end date (epiend) and the first baby's date of birth (dobbaby). | |||||
| Value | |||||
3n = The number of days of stay, from 0 to 270 null = Not applicable / not known |
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