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HES field name Duration of detention
Field detdur
Class Psychiatric
Length and format 5n
Availability
Description

This derived field contains the number of days between the date the current detention commenced (detndate) and the date of the psychiatric census (31 March of cendate).

The maximum period is 29,200 days (approximately 80 years).

Value

5n = Duration of detention in days at census date from 0 to 29,200

null = Not applicable (epitype is not 4) / not known

Data cleaning
Not applicable (derived by rule 890)

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