Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—referral source, code NN

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Health, Standard 01/03/2005

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

CODE 03     Medical practitioner

Includes medical specialists, vocationally registered general practitioners, vocationally registered general practitioner trainees and other primary-care medical practitioners in private practice.

CODE 04     Hospital

Includes public and private hospitals, hospitals specialising in dental, ophthalmic aids and other specialised medical or surgical care, satellite units managed and staffed by a hospital, emergency departments of hospitals, and mothercraft hospitals. Excludes psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric units and drug and alcohol units located within or operating from hospitals, and outpatient clinics (see codes 05-07).

CODE 05     Mental health care service

Includes both residential and non-residential services.
Includes psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric units within and outside of hospitals.

CODE 06     Alcohol and other drug treatment service

Includes both residential and non-residential services. Includes drug and alcohol units within and outside of hospitals.

CODE 07     Other community/health care service

Includes outpatient clinics and aged care facilities.

CODE 09     Police diversion

This code should be used when a person detained for a minor drug offence is formally referred to treatment by the police in order to divert the offender from the criminal justice pathway.

CODE 10     Court diversion

This code refers to the diversion of an offender into drug education, assessment and treatment at the discretion of a magistrate. This may occur at the point of bail or prior to sentencing.

CODE 98     Other

Includes persons referred under a legislative act (other than Drug Diversion Act) e.g. Mental Health Act.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source of referral is important in assisting in the analyses of inter-sectoral patient/client flow and for health care planning.

Source and reference attributes

Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs National Minimum Data Set Working Group

Relational attributes