Commencement of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	327216
Registration status:	Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Definition:	Commencement of a treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs is the first service contact when assessment and/or treatment occurs with the treatment provider.
Context:	Alcohol and other drug treatment services

Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	A client is identified as commencing a treatment episode if one or more of the following apply: they are a new client, they are a client recommencing treatment after they have had had no contact with the treatment provider for a period of three months or had any plan in place for further contact, their principal drug of concern for alcohol and other drugs has changed, their main treatment type for alcohol and other drugs has changed, their treatment delivery setting for alcohol and other drugs has changed.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs National Minimum Data Set working group
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Is re-engineered from Commencement of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs, version 2, DEC, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (13.5 KB) No registration status

Glossary Item Attributes