Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Type of visit to emergency department |
| METEOR identifier: | 474195 |
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| Definition: | The reason the patient presents to an emergency department, as represented by a code. |
| Context: | Emergency department care. |
| Data Element Concept: | Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Comments: | Required for analysis of emergency department services. | ||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | National Institution Based Ambulatory Model Reference Group | ||||||||||||
| Origin: | National Health Data Committee | ||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N
Has been superseded by Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 01/03/2013 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 31/10/2012 Health, Superseded 07/02/2013 Health, Superseded 11/04/2014 | ||||||||||||
| Implementation in Indicators: |
Used as Numerator
National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: After-hours emergency department attendances, 2013–14
National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: In-hours emergency department attendances, 2013–14
National Health Performance Authority, Hospital Performance: Percentage of patients who commenced treatment within clinically recommended time 2014
National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services: Unplanned re-attendances to the emergency department within 48 hours of previous attendances
Used as Denominator
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