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Living Donor Length of Stay

The median number of days between admission and discharge for living organ donation

This measure is one component of a hospital’s profile. There are no desirable results for this measure.

Data updated:
Data availability: to (calendar years)
Geographic coverage
All provinces/territories
Reporting level
National, Province/Territory
Calculation

The median number of days from admission to discharge for living organ donors.

Unit of analysis: Hospitalization

Hospitalizations for liver or kidney living donation in the Hospital Morbidity Database (HMDB) are included if all of the following are true:

  1. Hospitalization has CCI code 1.OA.58.WL-XX-J (liver) or one of 1.PC.58-^^-^^-J, 1.PC.89.^^ or 1.PC.91 (kidney)
  2. Hospitalization has ICD-10-CA code Z52.4, Z52.6, Z52.8 or Z52.9
  3. Age at discharge was 18 or older

The following were excluded. These exclusion criteria were chosen to rule out transplant recipients or deceased donors who were erroneously coded with a living donation CCI code:

  1. Intervention code is A (abandoned procedure)
  2. An intervention with a CCI code that does not begin with 2 or 3 occurred before the episode where the living donation intervention occurred; this identifies non-diagnostic interventions
  3. Admission category for the hospitalization is R, indicating a cadaveric donor abstract
  4. An intervention with CCI code 1.^^.85.^^ occurred in the same episode as the living donation intervention, indicating a transplantation procedure
  5. An intervention with CCI code 1.^^.58.^^-XX-K occurred in the same episode as the living donation intervention, indicating a deceased donation intervention
  6. The hospitalization has ICD-10-CA code N18, N08.3 or J96 with diagnosis type M, C, 1, 5, 6, W, X or Y, indicating a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease or respiratory failure
  7. Admission date or time or discharge date or time is unknown
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Hospital Morbidity Database, Canadian Institute for Health Information.

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Living Donor Length of Stay

Short/Other Names

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Description

The median number of days between admission and discharge for living organ donation

Rationale

This indicator measures the efficiency of the living donor pathway. A better understanding of challenges in the system empowers stakeholders to drive improvements in access, efficiency, quality and outcomes. 

Interpretation

This measure is one component of a hospital’s profile. There are no desirable results for this measure.

HSP Framework Dimension

Health system outputs: Appropriate and effective

Targets/Benchmarks

Not applicable 

Available Data Years

to (calendar years)

Geographic Coverage

  • All provinces/territories

Reporting Level/Disaggregation

  • National
  • Province/Territory
  • Sex
  • Age   
  • Organ

Indicator Results

Not applicable 

Update Frequency

Every year

Latest Results Update Date

Updates

Not applicable 

Description

The median number of days from admission to discharge for living organ donors.

Unit of analysis: Hospitalization

Hospitalizations for liver or kidney living donation in the Hospital Morbidity Database (HMDB) are included if all of the following are true:

  1. Hospitalization has CCI code 1.OA.58.WL-XX-J (liver) or one of 1.PC.58-^^-^^-J, 1.PC.89.^^ or 1.PC.91 (kidney)
  2. Hospitalization has ICD-10-CA code Z52.4, Z52.6, Z52.8 or Z52.9
  3. Age at discharge was 18 or older

The following were excluded. These exclusion criteria were chosen to rule out transplant recipients or deceased donors who were erroneously coded with a living donation CCI code:

  1. Intervention code is A (abandoned procedure)
  2. An intervention with a CCI code that does not begin with 2 or 3 occurred before the episode where the living donation intervention occurred; this identifies non-diagnostic interventions
  3. Admission category for the hospitalization is R, indicating a cadaveric donor abstract
  4. An intervention with CCI code 1.^^.85.^^ occurred in the same episode as the living donation intervention, indicating a transplantation procedure
  5. An intervention with CCI code 1.^^.58.^^-XX-K occurred in the same episode as the living donation intervention, indicating a deceased donation intervention
  6. The hospitalization has ICD-10-CA code N18, N08.3 or J96 with diagnosis type M, C, 1, 5, 6, W, X or Y, indicating a diagnosis of chronic kidney disease or respiratory failure
  7. Admission date or time or discharge date or time is unknown

Type of Measurement

Number - Median

Denominator

Description:

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Inclusions:

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Exclusions:

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Numerator

Description:

Not applicable

Inclusions:

Not applicable

Exclusions:

Not applicable

Geographic Assignment

Place of service

Data Sources

  • HMDB

Caveats and Limitations

The number of living donors may vary slightly from what is reported by the Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR) due to the use of a different data source (HMDB).

The number may also vary slightly from that seen in other indicators because hospitalizations with missing length of stay are excluded.

Trending Issues

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Comments

Future reporting will use data from the new Canadian Organ Donation and Transplantation Data System (CanODT) once it is available. 

References

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How to cite:

Canadian Institute for Health Information. Living Donor Length of Stay. Accessed April 25, 2025.