NSIH Denominators (NSIH-Denominators)
- from 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2025
- Status: active
- Unique ID: Data collection month and campus number
- How to create a CSV file for this data collection?
- Start date: 31/12/2024
1 Hospital level
Data collection month
Technical specs
CSV column name:
data_collection_month
Required:
true
Options
| Label | Value |
| January | 1 |
| February | 2 |
| March | 3 |
| April | 4 |
| May | 5 |
| June | 6 |
| July | 7 |
| August | 8 |
| September | 9 |
| October | 10 |
| November | 11 |
| December | 12 |
NIHDI-code of the data provider institution
Not to be included in the CSV.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
installation_id
Length:
100
Computed:
Required:
false
Read only
Campus number
Help
If you have communicated you do not longer wish to register per campus, then only the main campus is automatically listed here. If you still register per campus, you have to select the correct campus from the drop-down list. If you want to stop registering per campus, please contact support.healthdata@sciensano.be.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
site_number
Length:
100
Reference list:
SITE
Required:
true
Number of admissions
Help
Each stay includes at least 1 night in the hospital with occupancy of a hospital bed. These patients are always hospitalised patients, never ambulatory patients or day hospitalisations.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
den_admis
Length:
10,5
Required:
true
Validation
- Number of admissions is greater than number of patient days (error)
- Number of admissions should be an integer value (error)
- cannot be negative (error)
Number of patient days
Help
The total number of days a hospital bed was used by a hospitalised patient. These patients are always hospitalised patients, never ambulatory patients or day hospitalisations.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
den_nights
Length:
10,5
Required:
true
Validation
- Number of admissions is greater than number of patient days (error)
- Number of patient days should be an integer value (error)
- cannot be negative (error)
Number of beds
Technical specs
CSV column name:
den_beds
Length:
10,5
Required:
true
Mapping of the clinical building blocks (indicative only)
Concept:
na
Data element:
na
Validation
- Number of beds should be an integer value (error)
- cannot be negative (error)
Number of CL days
Help
Ambulatory patients or patients in day hospitalisation are excluded.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
cvc_d
Length:
10,5
Required:
false
Validation
- Number of CL days should be an integer value (error)
- cannot be negative (error)
2 Ward level
2.1 Intensive care wards (ICU)
ICU ward
This is a container for multiple answers. See the reference documentation for more details. Below you can find the information about the fields of the container
Help
If there is no ICU ward available at your hospital, click on the bin below to remove this item.
Element conditions
| Message | Expression |
| Number of admissions at ICU cannot be higher than number of patient days at ICU | typeof $.den_admis_icu === 'number' && typeof $.den_nights_icu === 'number'?$.den_admis_icu |
| Number of admissions at ICU should be an integer value | typeof $.den_admis_icu === 'number'?$.den_admis_icu%1===0:true |
| Number of patient days at ICU should be an integer value | typeof $.den_nights_icu === 'number'?$.den_nights_icu%1===0:true |
| Number of CL days at ICU should be an integer value | typeof $.cvc_d_icu === 'number'?$.cvc_d_icu%1===0:true |
List items
Section help
If there is no ICU ward available at your hospital, click on the bin below to remove this item.
ID of the ward
Help
If the ward ID does not appear in the drop-down list (e.g. in case of reorganization or moving of wards or hospital) please contact Healthdata Support (Support.Healthdata@sciensano.be, tel. 02/793 01 42) to add this/these ward ID(s) and if necessary to remove old ward ID(s).
Technical specs
CSV column name:
icu_ward|0|ward_id
Length:
100
Reference list:
WARD
Required:
true
Specialty of the ward
Help
If the specialty of ward does not appear in the drop-down list please contact Healthdata Support (Support.Healthdata@sciensano.be, tel. 02/793 01 42) to add this specialty.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
icu_ward|0|ward_type
Length:
100
Reference list:
SPECIALTY_DETAILED_ICU
Required:
true
Number of hospitalization ICU
Help
Include direct admissions as well as internal transfers. Admissions from patients who stay 2 days or more at the ICU (≥ 2 days) are optional.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
icu_ward|0|den_admis_icu
Length:
10,5
Required:
true
Number of patient days ICU
Help
The total number of days a hospital bed was used by a hospitalised patient. These patients are always hospitalised patients, never ambulatory patients or day hospitalisations.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
icu_ward|0|den_nights_icu
Length:
10,5
Required:
true
Validation
- cannot be negative (error)
Number of CL days ICU
Technical specs
CSV column name:
icu_ward|0|cvc_d_icu
Length:
10,5
Required:
false
Validation
- cannot be negative (error)
Number of admissions at ICU for at least 3 days
Help
Only required in case of participation in the ICU surveillance.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
icu_ward|0|den_admis_icu_3
Length:
10,5
Required:
false
Number of patient days for patients staying at least 3 days
Help
Only required in case of participation in the ICU surveillance.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
icu_ward|0|den_nights_icu_3
Length:
10,5
Required:
false
Number of CL days for patients staying at least 3 days at ICU
Help
Only required in case of participation in the ICU surveillance.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
icu_ward|0|den_cl_icu_3
Required:
false
Number of intubation days for patients staying at least 3 days at ICU
Help
Only required in case of participation in the ICU surveillance.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
icu_ward|0|den_intub_icu_3
Required:
false
2.2 Other wards (non-ICU)
Other ward
This is a container for multiple answers. See the reference documentation for more details. Below you can find the information about the fields of the container
Element conditions
| Message | Expression |
| Number of admissions cannot be higher than number of patient days | typeof $.den_admis_w === 'number' && typeof $.den_nights_w === 'number'?$.den_admis_w |
| Number of admissions should be an integer value | typeof $.den_admis_w === 'number'?$.den_admis_w%1===0:true |
| Number of patient days should be an integer value | typeof $.den_nights_w === 'number'?$.den_nights_w%1===0:true |
List items
ID of the ward
Help
If the ward ID does not appear in the drop-down list (e.g. in case of reorganization or moving of wards or hospital) please contact Healthdata Support (Support.Healthdata@sciensano.be, tel. 02/793 01 42) to add this/these ward ID(s) and if necessary to remove old ward ID(s).
Technical specs
CSV column name:
other_ward|0|ward_id
Length:
100
Reference list:
WARD
Required:
false
Specialty of the ward
Help
If the specialty of ward does not appear in the drop-down list please contact Healthdata Support (Support.Healthdata@sciensano.be, tel. 02/793 01 42) to add this specialty.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
other_ward|0|ward_type
Length:
100
Reference list:
SPECIALTY_DETAILED_NON_ICU
Required:
false
Number of admissions
Technical specs
CSV column name:
other_ward|0|den_admis_w
Length:
10,5
Required:
false
Mapping of the clinical building blocks (indicative only)
Concept:
na
Data element:
na
Number of patient days
Help
The total number of days a hospital bed was used by a hospitalised patient. These patients are always hospitalised patients, never ambulatory patients or day hospitalisations.
Technical specs
CSV column name:
other_ward|0|den_nights_w
Length:
10,5
Required:
false
Mapping of the clinical building blocks (indicative only)
Concept:
na
Data element:
na
Validation
- cannot be negative (error)