For community health care, outreach services and services provided via telephone or telehealth, this may be the date on which the service provider presents to the patient or the telephone/telehealth session commences.
The date of patient presentation at the Emergency department is the earliest occasion of being registered clerically or triaged.
The date that the patient presents is not necessarily:
the listing date for care (see listing date for care), nor
the date on which care is scheduled to be provided, nor
the date on which commencement of care actually occurs (for admitted patients see admission date, for hospital non-admitted patient care and community health care see service commencement date).
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:
National Institution Based Ambulatory Model Reference Group
