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Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termObject Class
METEOR identifier:Help on this term268961
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Definition:Help on this termThe period of contact, with defined dates of commencement and cessation, between a client and a treatment provider or team of providers in which there is no change in the main treatment type or the principal drug of concern, and there has not been a non-planned absence of contact for greater than three months.
Context:Help on this termAlcohol and drug treatment services. This concept is required to provide the basis for a standard approach to recording and monitoring patterns of service utilisation by clients.
Specialisation of:Help on this termService episode

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

A treatment episode must have a defined date of commencement of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs and a date of cessation of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs.

A treatment episode can have only one main treatment type for alcohol and other drugs and only one principal drug of concern. If the main treatment or principal drug changes then the treatment episode is closed and a new treatment episode is opened.

A treatment episode may also be considered closed (ceased) if there is a change in the treatment delivery setting or the service delivery outlet. Where the change reflects a substantial alteration in the nature of the treatment episode, for instance where an agency operates in more than one treatment setting (or outlet) they may consider that a change from one setting (or outlet), to another necessitates closure of one episode and commencement of a new one.

Collection methods:Help on this termIs taken as the period starting from the date of commencement of treatment and ending at the date of cessation of treatment episode.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termIntergovernmental Committee on Drugs National Minimum Data Set - Working Group

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes PDFTreatment episode for alcohol and other drugs, version 2, DEC, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.1 KB) No registration status
Data Element Concepts implementing this Object Class:Help on this term
Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—cessation reason
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—client type
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—drug of concern
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—drug of concern (principal)
  • Health, Superseded 13/10/2005
Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—main treatment type
  • Health, Standard 12/12/2018
Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—number of service contacts
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—other treatment type
  • Health, Standard 12/12/2018
Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—referral source
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—service delivery setting
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—treatment cessation date
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—treatment commencement date
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—treatment type
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—treatment type (other)
  • Health, Superseded 13/10/2005
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