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The objective of this section is to present the best available data on a wide range of health and related indicators.  This should provide health planners and managers with easy access to data from a variety of sources.

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Length of stay

DefinitionAverage duration of patient stay in health facility.

Numerator: Inpatient days + 1/2 Day patients

Denominator: Discharges + Deaths + Transfers out + Day patients

Note: data may be given for financial years rather than calendar years. Data for 2002 is for the 2001/02 financial year.
ReferenceDistrict Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
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Indicator Type: -> Health Services -> Health Facilities

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Length of stay [Definition]
2001 District Hospitals5.83.04.64.95.23.13.53.72.2[1] 4.0
2001 National Central Hosp---------[2] 6.6
2001 Regional Hospitals---------[3] 4.9
2002 District Hospitals5.43.14.34.95.13.43.23.82.7[4] 4.0
2002 National Central Hosp---------[5] 6.3
2002 Regional Hospitals---------[6] 4.6
2003 District Hospitals5.83.24.16.95.43.03.23.53.0[7] 4.2
2003 National Central Hosp---------[8] 6.5
2003 Regional Hospitals---------[9] 4.7
2006 DHIS7.35.15.26.25.94.52.96.15.7[10] 5.7
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  2. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  3. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  4. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  5. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  6. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  7. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  8. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  9. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data from Hospital Minimum Data Set, reported in South African Health Review 2003/04
  10. DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
    Local copy: -
    Data extracted July 2007.
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