Admitted patient hospital stay—operating theatre time, total minutes NNNN
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Minutes of operating theatre time |
| METEOR identifier: | 270350 |
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| Definition: | Total time, in minutes, spent by a patient in operating theatres during current episode of hospitalisation. |
| Data Element Concept: | Admitted patient hospital stay—operating theatre time |
Value domain attributes | |
Representational attributes | |
| Representation class: | Total |
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| Data type: | Number |
| Format: | NNNN |
| Maximum character length: | 4 |
| Unit of measure: | Minute (m) |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Collection methods: | Right justified, zero filled. |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
| Comments: | This metadata item was recommended for inclusion in the National Health Data Dictionary by Hindle (1988a, 1988b) to assist with diagnosis related group costing studies in Australia. This metadata item has not been accepted for inclusion in the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) - Admitted patient care. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Origin: | Health Data Standards Committee |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes  Minutes of operating theatre time, version 1, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (13.3 KB) No registration status |