Admitted patient hospital stay

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Object Class
METeOR identifier:	268995
Registration status:	Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Draft 23/07/2012
Definition:	The period of treatment and/or care and/or accommodation provided between a formal hospital admission and separation.
Specialisation of:	Service episode
Collection and usage attributes
Comments:	An admitted patient hospital stay is composed of one or more episodes of care, each of which is defined by a single care type (for example acute care, palliative care or rehabilitation care).
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australia Institute of Health and Welfare
Relational attributes
Data Element Concepts implementing this Object Class:	Admitted patient hospital stay—number of patient days (of contracted care) Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Admitted patient hospital stay—operating theatre time Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Draft 23/07/2012