Episode of care

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Object Class
METEOR identifier:	268978
Registration status:	Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016
Definition:	A period of health care with a defined start and end.
Specialisation of:	Service episode

Source and reference attributes
Origin:	National Health Data Committee

Relational attributes
Data Element Concepts implementing this Object Class:	Episode of care (procedure)—contracted procedure flag Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Episode of care—additional diagnosis Health, Standard 05/02/2008 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 16/03/2016 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016 Episode of care—additional diagnosis Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Episode of care—behaviour-related risk factor intervention Health, Standard 17/10/2018 Episode of care—behaviour-related risk factor intervention Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Episode of care—behaviour-related risk factor intervention purpose Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Episode of care—behaviour-related risk factor requiring intervention Health, Standard 17/10/2018 Episode of care—Department of Veterans' Affairs funding indicator Health, Standard 25/01/2018 Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/05/2020 Episode of care—episode identifier Tasmanian Health, Standard 08/12/2016 Episode of care—expected principal source of funding Health, Superseded 29/11/2006 Episode of care—FIHS psychosocial complications indicator Health, Superseded 23/12/2020 Episode of care—FIHS psychosocial complications indicator Health, Standard 23/12/2020 Episode of care—first service delivery date (community setting) Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Episode of care—funding eligibility indicator Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Episode of care—inter-hospital contracted patient status Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Episode of care—inter-hospital contracted patient status Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Episode of care—mental health care phase Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 Episode of care—mental health care phase Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 16/03/2016 Episode of care—mental health intervention type Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 Episode of care—mental health legal status Health, Superseded 20/01/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 20/12/2016 Episode of care—mental health legal status Health, Standard 20/01/2021 Episode of care—mental health legal status Health, Superseded 07/03/2014 Episode of care—mental health phase of care Health, Standard 25/01/2018 Episode of care—mental health phase of care end date Health, Standard 28/02/2017 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 Episode of care—mental health phase of care start date Health, Standard 28/02/2017 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 Episode of care—number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services episodes of care Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014 Episode of care—number of psychiatric care days Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 19/06/2020 Episode of care—number of psychiatric care days Health, Superseded 11/04/2014 Episode of care—number of psychiatric care days Health, Standard 18/12/2019 Tasmanian Health, Standard 19/06/2020 Episode of care—number of substance use non-residential/follow-up/aftercare episodes of care Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014 Episode of care—nursing diagnosis Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Episode of care—principal diagnosis Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 16/03/2016 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016 Episode of care—principal source of funding Health, Superseded 11/04/2012 Episode of care—psychosocial complications indicator Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 Episode of care—source of funding Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/09/2016 Episode of care—specialist private sector rehabilitation care indicator Health, Standard 01/03/2005