Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269411 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016 |
Definition: | Date on which an admitted patient commences an episode of care. |
Context: | Required to identify the period in which the admitted patient episode and hospital stay occurred and for derivation of length of stay. |