(2) For total absent sick cases, subtract "Date of Initial Admission: (field 29)
from "Date of Disposition" (field 23) except for final disposition on the same day as date
of initial admission. Although total absent sick cases will have zero bed days in your
MTF, these patients have been carried administratively on your hospital rolls during this
time.
(3) For cases when initial admission and final disposition occur on the same
day, the MTF making final disposition will enter "1." This is considered 1 sick
day.
(4) For CRO cases and admissions with transfer dispositions on the same
day, enter "."
c. One method of calculating these days is to convert the dates to Julian
calendar days and subtract as in the following example.
Date of Disposition is 5 May 9X
Julian date is 125
Date of This Admission is 15 Apr 9X
Julian date is 105
Total Sick Days - This MTF
(125 minus 105) 20
d. When a hospitalization begins in one calendar year and ends the following
year, first convert to Julian dates, then subtract the date of this admission from the
number of days in the year (remember, a leap year will have 366 days), then add the
sick days during admission year to the Julian date of disposition.
Number of days in the year
365
Date of This Admission is 23 Dec 93
Julian date is 357
Sick days during admission year
(365 minus 357) 08
Date of Disposition is 13 Jan 94
Julian date is 013
Total Sick Days - This MTF
(8 plus 13)
21
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