| Format/Length: | n10 |
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Notes:
BED DAYS IN WARDS OPEN DAY ONLY (OCCUPIED) is the number of occupied bed days in WARDS open during the day only, for the REPORTING PERIOD.
For the purposes of the Quarterly Bed Availability and Occupancy Data Set (KH03):
- an occupied bed day is defined as a Hospital Bed which has been used for at least one day case admission during the day
- located in WARDS with a WARD DAY NIGHT INDICATOR classification of 'Open only during the day', and
- are managed by the Health Care Provider and not commissioned from other Health Care Providers.
This does not include:
- residential Care Home beds,
- Hospital Beds occupied and designated solely for use by Well Babies.