Establishment—number of separations (financial year), total N[NNNNN]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Separations
Synonymous names:	Discharge
METEOR identifier:	270407
Registration status:	Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Definition:	The total number of separations occurring during the reference period. This includes both formal and statistical separations.
Data Element Concept:	Establishment—number of separations
Value Domain:	Total separations N[NNNNN]

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Total
Data type:	Number
Format:	N[NNNNN]
Maximum character length:	6
Unit of measure:	Separation

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	May be calculated at: individual establishment level; or system (i.e. state/territory) level i.e. the sum of the number of establishments. The sum of the number of separations where the separation date has a value: >= the beginning of the reference period (typically a financial year); and <= the end of the reference period.
Source and reference attributes
Origin:	National Health Data Committee
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—separation date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016 Is re-engineered from Separations, version 2, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (14.3 KB) No registration status See also Specialised mental health service—number of episodes of admitted care, total episodes N[NNNN] Health, Standard 13/11/2014
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Community mental health establishments NMDS 2004-05 Health, Superseded 08/12/2004 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2004 Implementation end date: 30/06/2005 Mental health establishments NMDS 2005-06 Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Mental health establishments NMDS 2005-06 Health, Superseded 21/03/2006 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 DSS specific information: For the Mental health establishments national minimum data set, separations are only to be reported for specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. That is, separations from public hospitals need not be reported. Mental health establishments NMDS 2006-07 Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2006 Implementation end date: 30/06/2007 DSS specific information: For the Mental health establishments national minimum data set, separations are only to be reported for specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. That is, separations from public hospitals need not be reported. Mental health establishments NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2007 Implementation end date: 30/06/2008 DSS specific information: For the Mental health establishments national minimum data set, separations are only to be reported for specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. That is, separations from public hospitals need not be reported. Mental health establishments NMDS 2008-09 Health, Superseded 03/12/2008 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2008 Implementation end date: 30/06/2009 DSS specific information: For the Mental health establishments national minimum data set, separations are only to be reported for specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. That is, separations from public hospitals need not be reported. Mental health establishments NMDS 2009-10 Health, Superseded 02/12/2009 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2009 Implementation end date: 30/06/2010 DSS specific information: For the Mental health establishments national minimum data set, separations are only to be reported for specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. That is, separations from public hospitals need not be reported. Mental health establishments NMDS 2010-11 Health, Superseded 01/12/2010 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2010 Implementation end date: 30/06/2011 Mental health establishments NMDS 2011-12 Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2011 Implementation end date: 30/06/2012 Mental health establishments NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 07/02/2013 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 Mental health establishments NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 07/03/2014 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Implementation end date: 30/06/2014 Mental health establishments NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2015 Mental health establishments NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 04/09/2015 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2015 Implementation end date: 30/06/2016 Mental health establishments NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 17/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Mental health establishments NMDS 2017–18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Mental health establishments NMDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Mental health establishments NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Mental health establishments NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 20/01/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Mental health establishments NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Mental health establishments NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Mental health establishments NMDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 09/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Mental health establishments NMDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025
Implementation in Indicators:	Used as Denominator KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute inpatient stay, 2015 Health, Superseded 11/05/2016 KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute inpatient stay, 2016 Health, Superseded 14/06/2017 KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute inpatient stay, 2017 Health, Superseded 13/01/2021 KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2018 Health, Superseded 13/01/2021 KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/01/2021 KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2020 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2021 Health, Superseded 16/09/2022 KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2022 Health, Superseded 06/09/2023 KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2023 Health, Standard 06/09/2023