Episode of admitted patient care—number of leave days

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element Concept
METEOR identifier:	269701
Registration status:	Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 06/09/2016
Definition:	Sum of the length of leave (date returned from leave minus date went on leave) for all periods within the hospital stay.
Context:	Recording of leave days allows for exclusion of these from the calculation of patient days. This is important for analysis of costs per patient and for planning. The maximum limit allowed for leave affects admission and separation rates, particularly for long-stay patients who may have several leave periods.

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:	Episode of admitted patient care
Definition:	The period of admitted patient care between a formal or statistical admission and a formal or statistical separation, characterised by only one care type.
Context:	Admitted patient care.
Specialisation of:	Service episode
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	This treatment and/or care provided to a patient during an episode of care can occur in hospital and/or in the person's home (for hospital-in-the-home patients).
Source and reference attributes
Origin:	Health Data Standards Committee.

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:	Number of leave days
Definition:	A count of the number of days spent on leave from a health care service.
Property group:	Exit/leave from service event
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Relational attributes

Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:	Episode of admitted patient care—number of leave days, total N[NN] Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 06/09/2016