Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269574 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/09/2016 |
Definition: | The intention of the responsible clinician at the time of the patient's admission to hospital or at the time the patient is placed on an elective surgery waiting list, to discharge the patient either on the day of admission or a subsequent date. |
Context: | Admitted patient care: To assist in the identification and casemix analysis of planned same-day patients, that is those patients who are admitted with the intention of discharge on the same day. This is also a key indicator for quality assurance activities. |