Admitted patient care waiting list episode—scheduled admission date, DDMMYYYY
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Scheduled admission date |
| METEOR identifier: | 269978 |
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| Definition: | The date on which it is proposed that a patient on the waiting list will be admitted for an episode of care. |
| Data Element Concept: | Admitted patient care waiting list episode—scheduled admission date |
Value domain attributes | |
Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Date |
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| Data type: | Date/Time |
| Format: | DDMMYYYY |
| Maximum character length: | 8 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Comments: | If this metadata item were to be used to compare different hospitals or geographical locations, it would be necessary to specify when the scheduled date is to be allocated (for example, on addition to the waiting list). This metadata item is required for the purposes of hospital management - allocation of beds, operating theatre time and other resources. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Origin: | National Health Data Committee |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Is re-engineered from  Scheduled admission date, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (13.5 KB) No registration status |
| Implementation in Indicators: |
Used as Numerator
National Healthcare Agreement: P43-Unplanned/unexpected readmissions within 28 days of selected surgical admissions, 2010
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 23-Unplanned hospital readmission rates, 2013
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 23-Unplanned hospital readmission rates, 2014
National Healthcare Agreement: PI 23-Unplanned hospital readmission rates, 2015
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