topic Re: Count number of inpatient stays and length of stay in SAS Programming

Count number of inpatient stays and length of stay

lizzy28 — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 16:31:32 GMT

Hi all,

I need to count the number of inpatient stays and calculate length of stay per stay from admission date (admission_dt) and discharge date (discharge_dt). The tricky part is that when a new stay starts days after last stay but with the same provider, it is hard for me to separate the new stay from the previous one. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated!

Below is the example data, and the note column shows the counting and calculation rules.

PERSON_ID	provider_id	admission_dt	discharge_dt	Note
1	A	8/1/2014	1/7/2018	a stay starts (admission_dt) from previous years, 1/1/2018 will be used as initial admission_dt
1	A	8/1/2014	1/10/2018	Overlapped stay, so it's considered as the same stay as the stay in last claim (last observation)
1	A	1/11/2018	1/31/2018	Consecutive date (date difference<=1) from last observation, so the same inpatient stay
1	A	1/11/2018	2/28/2018
1	A	1/11/2018	2/28/2018
1	A	1/11/2018	3/31/2018
1	A	1/11/2018	4/30/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	5/31/2018	Non-consecutive date from last admission, so a separate inpatient stay
1	A	5/16/2018	6/30/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	7/31/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	8/31/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	9/30/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	10/31/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	11/30/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	12/31/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	1/31/2018
2	B	12/24/2017	1/1/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	2/28/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	3/31/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	4/30/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	5/31/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	6/30/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	7/31/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	8/31/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	9/30/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	10/5/2018
2	C	10/6/2018	10/31/2018	Consecutive date from last admission but with different provider, so a separate inpatient stay
2	C	10/5/2018	11/30/2018
2	C	10/5/2018	12/31/2018
3	D	1/27/2018	1/30/2018
3	D	1/27/2018	2/28/2018
3	E	3/15/2018		A new inpatient stay at a different provider 15 days after the last stay
3	E	3/15/2018		Missing discharge date means the person is not discharged per claim, so 12/31/2018 will be used as the discharge date for the stay
3	E	3/15/2018
3	E	3/15/2018
3	E	3/15/2018
3	E	3/15/2018
3	E	4/1/2018
3	E	5/1/2018
3	E	6/1/2018
3	E	7/1/2018
3	E	8/1/2018
3	E	9/1/2018
3	E	10/1/2018
3	E	11/1/2018
3	E	12/1/2018

Re: Count number of inpatient stays and length of stay

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:20:14 GMT

See this:

data have;
infile datalines dlm="09"x dsd truncover;
input
  person_id $
  provider_id $
  admission_dt :mmddyy10.
  discharge_dt :mmddyy10.
;
format
  admission_dt
  discharge_dt yymmdd10.
;
datalines;
1	A	8/1/2014	1/7/2018
1	A	8/1/2014	1/10/2018
1	A	1/11/2018	1/31/2018
1	A	1/11/2018	2/28/2018
1	A	1/11/2018	2/28/2018
1	A	1/11/2018	3/31/2018
1	A	1/11/2018	4/30/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	5/31/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	6/30/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	7/31/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	8/31/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	9/30/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	10/31/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	11/30/2018
1	A	5/16/2018	12/31/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	1/31/2018
2	B	12/24/2017	1/1/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	2/28/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	3/31/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	4/30/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	5/31/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	6/30/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	7/31/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	8/31/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	9/30/2018
2	B	11/1/2017	10/5/2018
2	C	10/6/2018	10/31/2018
2	C	10/5/2018	11/30/2018
2	C	10/5/2018	12/31/2018
3	D	1/27/2018	1/30/2018
3	D	1/27/2018	2/28/2018
3	E	3/15/2018
3	E	3/15/2018
3	E	3/15/2018
3	E	3/15/2018
3	E	3/15/2018
3	E	3/15/2018
3	E	4/1/2018
3	E	5/1/2018
3	E	6/1/2018
3	E	7/1/2018
3	E	8/1/2018
3	E	9/1/2018
3	E	10/1/2018
3	E	11/1/2018
3	E	12/1/2018
;

%let def_discharge = %sysfunc(inputn(2018-12-31,yymmdd10.));

data want;
set have;
by person_id provider_id;
retain _start;
_dis = lag(discharge_dt);
if first.provider_id then _start = admission_dt;
if not first.provider_id and _dis ne . and admission_dt gt sum(_dis,1)
then do;
  _tmp = admission_dt;
  admission_dt = _start;
  _start = _tmp;
  _tmp = discharge_dt;
  discharge_dt = _dis;
  length_of_stay = discharge_dt - admission_dt;
  output;
  discharge_dt = _tmp;
end;
if last.provider_id
then do;
  admission_dt = _start;
  discharge_dt = coalesce(discharge_dt,&def_discharge.);
  length_of_stay = discharge_dt - admission_dt;
  output;
end;
drop _:;
run;

Please note how example data is presented in usable form (data step with datalines), and the use of internationally standardized date formats (YMD dates are always unambiguous, 3-1-2018 could be March 1 or January 3).

Sorry for nobody answering to your question up till now, usually you should get a faster answer.

Re: Count number of inpatient stays and length of stay

lizzy28 — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 19:29:26 GMT

Hi Kurt,

Thank you for the solution! The code works well. However, I have trouble in understanding the part as below

if not first.provider_id and _dis ne . and admission_dt gt sum(_dis,1)

then do;

_tmp = admission_dt;

admission_dt = _start;

_start = _tmp;

_tmp = discharge_dt;

discharge_dt = _dis;

length_of_stay = discharge_dt - admission_dt;

output;

discharge_dt = _tmp;

end;

I actually tried to add a bit more code to include claim id info. That is, if there is another column called claim_id, I wanted to keep admission claim_id and discharge claim_id per stay.

The example data would be

PERSON_ID	provider_id	admission_dt	discharge_dt	claim_id	Note
1	A	8/1/2014	1/7/2018	12345	a stay starts (admission_dt) from previous years, 1/1/2018 will be used as initial admission_dt
1	A	8/1/2014	1/10/2018	12346	Overlapped stay, so it's considered as the same stay as the stay in last claim (last observation)
1	A	1/11/2018	1/31/2018	12347	Consecutive date (date difference<=1) from last observation, so the same inpatient stay
1	A	1/11/2018	2/28/2018	12348
1	A	1/11/2018	2/28/2018	12349
1	A	1/11/2018	3/31/2018	12350
1	A	1/11/2018	4/30/2018	12351
1	A	5/16/2018	5/31/2018	12352	Non-consecutive date from last admission, so a separate inpatient stay
1	A	5/16/2018	6/30/2018	12353
1	A	5/16/2018	7/31/2018	12354
1	A	5/16/2018	8/31/2018	12355
1	A	5/16/2018	9/30/2018	12356
1	A	5/16/2018	10/31/2018	12357
1	A	5/16/2018	11/30/2018	12358
1	A	5/16/2018	12/31/2018	12358
2	B	11/1/2017	1/31/2018	21234
2	B	12/24/2017	1/1/2018	21235
2	B	11/1/2017	2/28/2018	21236
2	B	11/1/2017	3/31/2018	21237
2	B	11/1/2017	4/30/2018	21238
2	B	11/1/2017	5/31/2018	21239
2	B	11/1/2017	6/30/2018	21240
2	B	11/1/2017	7/31/2018	21241
2	B	11/1/2017	8/31/2018	21242
2	B	11/1/2017	9/30/2018	21243
2	B	11/1/2017	10/5/2018	21244
2	C	10/6/2018	10/31/2018	21245	Consecutive date from last admission but with different provider, so a separate inpatient stay
2	C	10/5/2018	11/30/2018	21246
2	C	10/5/2018	12/31/2018	21247
3	D	1/27/2018	1/30/2018	31234
3	D	1/27/2018	2/28/2018	31235
3	E	3/15/2018		31236	A new inpatient stay at a different provider 15 days after the last stay
3	E	3/15/2018		31237	Missing discharge date means the person is not discharged per claim, so 12/31/2018 will be used as the discharge date for the stay
3	E	3/15/2018		31238
3	E	3/15/2018		31239
3	E	3/15/2018		31240
3	E	3/15/2018		31241
3	E	4/1/2018		31242
3	E	5/1/2018		31243
3	E	6/1/2018		31244
3	E	7/1/2018		31245
3	E	8/1/2018		31246
3	E	9/1/2018		31247
3	E	10/1/2018		31248
3	E	11/1/2018		31249
3	E	12/1/2018		31250

The target data would be

PERSON_ID	provider_id	admission_dt	discharge_dt	claim_id_adm	claim_id_discharge	length_of_stay
1	A	8/1/2014	4/30/2018	12345	12351	1368
1	A	5/16/2018	12/31/2018	12352	12358	229
2	B	11/1/2017	10/5/2018	21234	21244	338
2	C	10/5/2018	12/31/2018	21246	21247	87
3	D	1/27/2018	2/28/2018	31234	31235	32
3	E	3/15/2018	12/31/2018	31236	31250	291

Any further guidance is greatly appreciated!