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🌱 Answer: The Total ICU Length of Stay is based on whatever your hospital calls an ICU day Day including the step-down day. Stepdown days are a term for medical care, though the exact definition may change at different hospitals. The general definition is: “Stepdown beds provide an intermediate level of care for patients with requirements somewhere between that of the general ward and the intensive care unit.” Both ICU and Stepdown days are considered ICU days for the ABA’s purposes.
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