Person—level of psychiatric symptom severity, Health of the Nation Outcome Scale for Children and Adolescents score code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Level of psychiatric symptom severity (HoNOSCA score) |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 575043 |
Registration status:![]() | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 |
Definition:![]() | An assessment of the severity of a person's psychiatric symptoms, as represented by a HoNOSCA score-based code. |
Context:![]() | Psychiatric symptom severity, persons aged 17 years and under. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Person—level of psychiatric symptom severity |
Value Domain:![]() | Health of the Nation Outcome Scale for Children and Adolescents score code N |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Data element attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Reference documents:![]() | Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS), Royal College of Psychiatrists 1996. Viewed 22 May 2014, |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Has been superseded by Person—level of psychiatric symptom severity, Health of the Nation Outcome Scale for Children and Adolescents score code N Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 |
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Specifications:![]() | Activity based funding: Mental health care DSS 2016-17 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Superseded 28/02/2017 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Conditional obligation: Reporting of the HoNOSCA at the commencement of mental health phase of care is mandatory for patients in all settings. Reporting of the HoNOSCA is not mandatory if mental health phase of care is reported as Assessment Only. The HoNOSCA should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and younger. Admitted patient mental health care cluster Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 Conditional obligation: Reporting of the HoNOSCA at admission and discharge 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. The HoNOSCA should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and under. The HoNOSCA discharge rating is not required if the episode of admitted care had a length of stay of 3 days or less. Ambulatory patient mental health care cluster Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 Conditional obligation: For the purposes of this DSS, an ambulatory episode is defined as a period of continuous contact between a consumer and a mental health service within an ambulatory service setting. This is consistent with the definition in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection. Reporting of the HoNOSCA is mandatory for the first and last service contacts of an ambulatory mental health care episode provided by a specialised mental health service. Reporting is optional for service contacts provided by specialised mental health services from non-government organisations that receive state or territory government funding. Reporting is optional for service events provided by non-specialised mental health services. The HoNOSCA should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and under. DSS specific information: The HoNOSCA for the first service contact may be derived from the HoNOSCA admission rating submitted for the patient's ambulatory care episode as part of the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection reporting requirements. The HoNOSCA for the last service contact may be derived from the HoNOSCA discharge rating submitted for the patient's ambulatory care episode as part of the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection reporting requirements. Residential patient mental health care cluster Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 15/10/2014 Conditional obligation: Reporting of HoNOSCA at admission and separation 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 HoNOSCA should only be reported for patients aged 17 years and under. |
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