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Hospital service—care type

Metadata item type:Data Element Concept
METeOR identifier:269641
Registration status:Health, Superseded 07/02/2013
Definition:The overall nature of a clinical service provided to an admitted patient during an episode of care (admitted care), or the type of service provided by the hospital for boarders or posthumous organ procurement (other care).
Context:

Admitted patient care and hospital activity:

For admitted patients, the type of care received will determine the appropriate casemix classification employed to classify the episode of care.

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:Hospital service
Definition:A service provided within a hospital, characterised by only one care type.
Specialisation of:Service/care event

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Includes hospital services provided to an admitted patient, to a hospital boarder, and to an organ donor who has been declared brain dead.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Australia Institute of Health and Welfare

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:Care type
Definition:A descriptor of the overall nature of a service provided.
Property group:Service provision event

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Has been superseded by Hospital service—care type Health, Standard 07/02/2013

Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:

Hospital service—care type, code N[N].N Health, Superseded 07/02/2013

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