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    URSA-PHF-028: SNF LOS in Midnights per 1000 Member-Years
    • 27 Apr 2023
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    URSA-PHF-028: SNF LOS in Midnights per 1000 Member-Years

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    Measure Description

    Among active membership periods, the rate of SNF stay length of stay in elapsed midnights per 1000 member-years.

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    • Measure Type: Rate Measure
    • Temporal Structure: Interval
    • Component Class: Long-Form
    • Denominator Case Field: Patient ID
    • Target Direction: Down

    Denominator Description

    The elapsed patient-months among active membership periods during which the patient was alive and had medical claims data coverage, expressed in units of 1000s of patient-years.

    Numerator Description

    The number of midnights elapsed between admission and discharge of a SNF stay falling within the denominator period; NB: a single admission straddling multiple reporting periods will contribute (partial, prorated) LOS to each of those reporting periods.

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