Hospital Average Length of Stay (Days)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Dementia Care
Country
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publishing Organisation
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): OECD Health Database
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Risks During Hospitalisation
Defining Attributes
Definition
Hospital average length of stay - Dementia (Days). Average length of stay (ALOS) is calculated by dividing the number of bed-days by the number of discharges during the year
Numerator
Number of bed-days for hospital discharges by dementia
Denominator
Number of discharges during the year for hospital discharges by dementia
Exclusions
Day cases
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods
Data provided by individual countries
Frequency of Data Collection
Continuous
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
1
Reporting Methods
Data available on stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=HEALTH_STAT
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025