Admission
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
| Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
|---|---|
| METeOR identifier: | 327206 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Proposed 17/10/2012 |
| Definition: | Admission is the process whereby the hospital accepts responsibility for the patient's care and/or treatment. Admission follows a clinical decision based upon specified criteria that a patient requires same-day or overnight care or treatment. An admission may be formal or statistical. Formal admission: The administrative process by which a hospital records the commencement of treatment and/or care and/or accommodation of a patient. Statistical admission: The administrative process by which a hospital records the commencement of a new episode of care, with a new care type, for a patient within one hospital stay. |
| Context: | Admitted patient care |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Comments: | This treatment and/or care provided to a patient following admission occurs over a period of time and can occur in hospital and/or in the person's home (for hospital-in-the-home patients). |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | National Health Data Committee |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes |
| Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Accommodation type prior to admission code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Activity based funding: Admitted acute hospital care DSS 2013-2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 Acute hospital and private psychiatric hospital admission labour force status code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Admission urgency status Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Admission urgency status code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Admitted acute care activity based funding DSS 2012-2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012 Admitted patient Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Admitted patient care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Admitted patient care NMDS 2006-07 Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Admitted patient care NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Admitted patient care NMDS 2008-09 Health, Superseded 04/02/2009 Admitted patient care NMDS 2009-10 Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Admitted patient care NMDS 2010-11 Health, Superseded 18/01/2011 Admitted patient care NMDS 2011-12 Health, Superseded 11/04/2012 Admitted patient care NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 07/02/2013 Admitted patient care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Standardisation pending 13/03/2013 Admitted patient hospital stay Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Standardisation pending 22/11/2012 Clinical urgency code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Episode of admitted patient care—admission urgency status Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Episode of admitted patient care—admission urgency status, code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Episode of admitted patient care—elected accommodation status Health, Superseded 28/11/2006 Episode of admitted patient care—elected accommodation status, code N Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Episode of admitted patient care—intended length of hospital stay Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Episode of admitted patient care—intended length of hospital stay, code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Episode of admitted patient care—patient election status Health, Standard 28/11/2006 Episode of admitted patient care—patient election status, code N Health, Standard 23/10/2006 Episode of care—funding eligibility indicator (Department of Veterans Affairs), code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Establishment—specialised service indicator (geriatric assessment unit), yes/no code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Health or health related function code NNN Health, Standard 05/12/2007 Non-admitted patient Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2013-14 Health, Standardisation pending 13/12/2012 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—waiting time (to hospital admission) Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—waiting time (to hospital admission), total hours and minutes NNNN Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Nursing diagnosis Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Patient—previous specialised treatment Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Patient—previous specialised treatment, code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Person—accommodation type (prior to admission), code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Person—labour force status, acute hospital and private psychiatric hospital admission code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Person—labour force status, public psychiatric hospital admission code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Person—reason for readmission following acute coronary syndrome episode Health, Standard 04/06/2004 Person—reason for readmission following acute coronary syndrome episode Health, Standard 01/10/2008 Person—reason for readmission following acute coronary syndrome episode, code N[N] Health, Superseded 01/10/2008 Person—reason for readmission following acute coronary syndrome episode, code N[N] Health, Standard 01/10/2008 Previous specialised treatment code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Public psychiatric hospital admission labour force status code N Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Reason for readmission following acute coronary syndrome episode code N[N] Health, Superseded 01/10/2008 Reason for readmission following acute coronary syndrome episode code N[N] Health, Standard 01/10/2008 Scheduled admission date Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
