Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Level of functional independence (RUG-ADL score) |
METEOR identifier: | 446318 |
Registration status: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 |
Definition: | A person's level of functional independence, as represented by a RUG-ADL score-based code. Functional independence is the ability to carry out activities of daily living safely and autonomously. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person—level of functional independence |
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METEOR identifier: | 449145 |
Registration status: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 19/01/2018 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 |
Definition: | A person's level of functional independence. Functional independence is the ability to carry out activities of daily living safely and autonomously. |
Object class: | Person |
Property: | Level of functional independence |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Resource Utilisation Groups - Activities of Daily Living score code N |
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METEOR identifier: | 446314 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 11/04/2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015 |
Definition: | A code set that represents an individual's need for assistance with four activities of daily living. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Reference documents: | Fries BE, Schneider DP et al 1994, 'Refining a case-mix measure for nursing homes: Resource Utilization Groups (RUG-III)' Medical Care, vol. 32, pp. 668-685. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—level of functional independence, Resource Utilisation Groups - Activities of Daily Living score code N Health, Superseded 17/01/2020 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Activity based funding: Mental health care DSS 2016-17 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 28/02/2017 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Conditional obligation: Reporting of the RUG-ADL at the commencement of a mental health phase of care is mandatory for admitted and residential patients. Reporting of the RUG-ADL is not mandatory if mental health phase of care is reported as Assessment Only. Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Conditional obligation: Reporting of the RUG-ADL at the commencement of a mental health phase of care is mandatory for admitted and residential patients. Reporting of the RUG-ADL is not mandatory if mental health phase of care is reported as Assessment Only. Reporting of the RUG-ADL should only be reported for patients aged 65 years and over. Admitted patient mental health care cluster Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 Conditional obligation: Reporting of the RUG-ADL at admission is mandatory for admitted patients in psychiatric hospitals or designated psychiatric units in acute hospitals. Reporting is optional for admitted patients in non-designated hospitals or units. Admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care DSS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Implementation end date: 30/06/2015 Conditional obligation: Only the Resource Utilisation Groups - Activities of Daily Living (RUG-ADL) scores at admission are required to be reported for maintenance care episodes. RUG-ADL scores at palliative care phase start should be reported for all palliative care phases. Only required to be reported for episodes of admitted patient care with Hospital service—care type, code N[N] recorded as:
Only required to be reported when the Episode of admitted patient care—clinical assessment only indicator, yes/no code N value is recorded as Code 2, No. Not required to be reported for patients aged 16 years and under at admission. DSS specific information: For episodes of admitted patient care with Hospital service—care type, code N[N] recorded as 3 Palliative care, the RUG-ADL scores must be reported for each palliative care phase if the episode of admitted patient care had more than one phase. Residential patient mental health care cluster Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 Conditional obligation: Reporting of the RUG-ADL at admission is mandatory for residential mental health care services that are included in the General list of in-scope public hospital services, which have been developed under the National Health Reform Agreement (2011). Reporting is optional for episodes of residential mental health care provided by government-funded, non-government operated services. The RUG-ADL should only be reported for patients aged 65 years and over. |