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 attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Total

Data type:

Number

Format:

N[NNNNN]

Maximum character length:

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:

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Community mental health establishments NMDS 2004-05 Health, Superseded 08/12/2004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Mental health establishments NMDS 2005-06 Health, Superseded 07/12/2005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Mental health establishments NMDS 2005-06 Health, Superseded 21/03/2006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 +

Mental health establishments NMDS 2006-07 Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

DSS specific attributes +

Mental health establishments NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

DSS specific attributes +

Mental health establishments NMDS 2008-09 Health, Superseded 03/12/2008

DSS specific attributes +

Mental health establishments NMDS 2009-10 Health, Superseded 02/12/2009

DSS specific attributes +

Mental health establishments NMDS 2010-11 Health, Superseded 01/12/2010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Mental health establishments NMDS 2011-12 Health, Superseded 07/12/2011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Mental health establishments NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 07/02/2013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 ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018
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, Standard 17/12/2021

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2022 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2023

Implementation in Indicators:

Used as Denominator

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute inpatient stay, 2015 Health, Standard 19/11/2015

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, Standard 14/06/2017

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2018 Health, Superseded 16/02/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2019 Health, Superseded 16/02/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2020 Health, Standard 13/01/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2021 Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2022 Health, Recorded 06/04/2022

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

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes

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