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SUSPENDED DAYS IN REPORTING PERIOD is an optional data item note in the Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMD) collection record and should only be present if one or more MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL SUSPENSIONS have occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD.

It is the total number of suspended days of the MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL within the REPORTING PERIOD. Each period of suspension is recorded by a MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL SUSPENSION and there may be more than one such suspension during the course of a MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL.

There is a START DATE and END DATE for each MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL SUSPENSION and the calculation is based upon those periods of suspension which have occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD adjusted for where periods of suspension overlap the START DATE and/or END DATE of the REPORTING PERIOD (this includes where the period of suspension has not yet ended). Where such overlaps occur the START DATE and/or END DATE of the REPORTING PERIOD should be used instead of that of the MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL SUSPENSION.

SUSPENDED DAYS IN REPORTING PERIOD is the sum of the calculated periods of suspension and should be recorded left justified with leading zeros.

 

This data element is also known by these names:

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plural	SUSPENDED DAYS IN REPORTING PERIODS