Episode of care—expected principal source of funding, hospital code NN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Funding source for hospital patient |
METEOR identifier: | 270103 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 29/11/2006 |
Definition: | Expected principal source of funds for an admitted patient episode or non-admitted patient service event, as represented by a code. |
Context: | Admitted patient care. Hospital non-admitted patient care. |
Data Element Concept: | Episode of care—expected principal source of funding |
Value Domain: | Hospital patient funding source code NN |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | CODE 01 Australian Health Care Agreements CODE 11 Reciprocal health care agreements (with other countries) Australian Health Care Agreements (code 01) should be recorded as the funding source for admitted patients who elect to be treated as public patients. However, overseas visitors who are covered by a reciprocal health care agreement and elect to be treated as public patients (as detailed at http://www.health.gov.au/haf/docs/visthlth/2000hlth.htm#rhca) should be recorded as Reciprocal health care agreement (code 11). CODE 03 Self-funded This code includes funded by the patient, by the patient's family or friends, or by other benefactors. CODE 07 Department of Veterans' Affairs This code should be used for Department of Veterans' Affairs patients (as defined in the metadata item Treatment funding eligibility status (Department of Veterans Affairs). Compensable patients (as defined in the metadata item Compensable status, should be recorded as Worker's compensation (code 04), Motor vehicle third party personal claim (code 05) or Other compensation (code 06), as appropriate. CODE 12 Other This code should be used for overseas visitors for whom travel insurance is the major funding source. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The major funding source should be recorded if there is more than one source of funding. The final payment class recorded by the hospital should be used. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | National Health Data Committee |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Episode of care—principal source of funding, hospital code NN Health, Superseded 11/04/2012 Is re-engineered from Funding source for hospital patient, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (17.1 KB) No registration status |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Admitted patient care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 Admitted patient care NMDS 2006-07 Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2006 Implementation end date: 30/06/2007 Admitted patient palliative care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 Admitted patient palliative care NMDS 2006-07 Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Implementation start date: 01/07/2006 Implementation end date: 30/06/2007 |