Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269715 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | An episode of care for an admitted patient whose treatment and/or care is provided under an arrangement between a hospital purchaser of hospital care (contracting hospital) and a provider of an admitted service (contracted hospital), and for which the activity is recorded by both hospitals. |
Context: | Admitted patient care: To identify patients receiving services that have been contracted between hospitals. This metadata item is used to eliminate potential double-counting of hospital activity in the analysis of patterns of health care delivery and funding and epidemiological studies. |