Retention Period: 25 years
Policy Number: HOS-003-25
The hospital census is an official count of patients admitted to a facility by a designated time of the day or evening. These records are used to calculate average inpatient stays and the number of patients in facilities.
- Series cutoff: Year of record
- Disposition action: Securely destroy or delete any personally identifiable information. Historical summaries should be transferred to archives at the end of each calendar year.