Ambulatory care

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	354366
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015
Definition:	Care provided to hospital patients who are not admitted to the hospital, such as patients of emergency departments and outpatient clinics. The term is also used to refer to care provided to patients of community-based (non-hospital) health-care services.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Health Expenditure Advisory Committee
Origin:	AIHW 2007. Mental health services in Australia 2004–05. AIHW cat. no. HSE 47. Canberra: AIHW (Mental Health Series no. 9).
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Ambulatory care Health, Superseded 17/12/2021
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Activity based funding: Mental health care DSS 2015-16 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 16/03/2016 Activity based funding: Mental health care DSS 2016-17 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 28/02/2017 Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2019-20 Health, Superseded 17/01/2020 Ambulatory service unit name ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015 Community mental health care NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Community mental health care NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 04/09/2015 Community mental health care NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 17/08/2017 Community mental health care NMDS 2017–18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Community mental health care NMDS 2018–19 ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Community mental health care NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Emergency department ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 Tasmanian Health, Standard 08/12/2016 Government health expenditure NMDS 2014- ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018 Health, Standard 04/12/2013 Health industry relevant organisation type code NNN Health, Superseded 01/04/2009 Health industry relevant organisation type code NNN ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018 Health, Standard 01/04/2009 Health or health related function code NNN Health, Superseded 04/12/2013 Health or health related-function code NNN ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018 Health, Standard 04/12/2013 Mental health establishments NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Mental health establishments NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 04/09/2015 Mental health establishments NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 17/08/2017 Mental health establishments NMDS 2017–18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Mental health establishments NMDS 2018–19 ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Mental health establishments NMDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Outpatient clinic service Health, Superseded 25/01/2018