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Episode of acute care

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
Synonymous names:Help on this termAcute care episode for admitted patients
METEOR identifier:Help on this term327230
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Definition:Help on this term

An episode of acute care for an admitted patient is one in which the principal clinical intent is to do one or more of the following:

  • manage labour (obstetric),
  • cure illness or provide definitive treatment of injury,
  • perform surgery,
  • relieve symptoms of illness or injury (excluding palliative care),
  • reduce severity of illness or injury,
  • protect against exacerbation and/or complication of an illness and/or injury which could threaten life or normal functions,
  • perform diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.
Context:Help on this termAdmitted patient care.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this term

National Health Data Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes PDFAcute care episode for admitted patients, version 1, DEC, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (12.2 KB) No registration status
Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Admitted acute care activity based funding DSS 2012-2013
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012
Admitted patient care NBEDS 2020-21
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
Admitted patient care NBEDS 2021-22
  • Health, Superseded 17/12/2021
Admitted patient care NBEDS 2022–23
  • Health, Standard 17/12/2021
Admitted patient care NMDS
  • Health, Superseded 07/12/2005
Admitted patient care NMDS 2006-07
  • Health, Superseded 23/10/2006
Admitted patient care NMDS 2007-08
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2008
Admitted patient care NMDS 2008-09
  • Health, Superseded 04/02/2009
Admitted patient care NMDS 2009-10
  • Health, Superseded 22/12/2009
Admitted patient care NMDS 2010-11
  • Health, Superseded 18/01/2011
Admitted patient care NMDS 2011-12
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
  • Health, Superseded 11/04/2012
Admitted patient care NMDS 2012-13
  • Health, Superseded 02/05/2013
Admitted patient care NMDS 2013-14
  • Health, Superseded 11/04/2014
Admitted patient care NMDS 2014-15
  • Health, Superseded 13/11/2014
Admitted patient care NMDS 2015-16
  • Health, Superseded 10/11/2015
Admitted patient care NMDS 2016-17
  • Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
Admitted patient care NMDS 2017-18
  • Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Admitted patient care NMDS 2018-19
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
Admitted patient care NMDS 2019-20
  • Health, Superseded 18/12/2019
Admitted patient care NMDS 2020–21
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
Admitted patient care NMDS 2021–22
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Admitted patient care NMDS 2022–23
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care NBEDS 2021–22
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care NBEDS 2022–23
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
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