Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:	Episode of admitted patient care
Definition:	The period of admitted patient care between a formal or statistical admission and a formal or statistical separation, characterised by only one care type.
Context:	Admitted patient care.
Specialisation of:	Service episode
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	This treatment and/or care provided to a patient during an episode of care can occur in hospital and/or in the person's home (for hospital-in-the-home patients).
Source and reference attributes
Origin:	Health Data Standards Committee.

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:	Unplanned admission to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) following other surgery indicator
Definition:	An indicator of whether a patient who had other surgery also had an unplanned admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) following the other surgery.
Property group:	Service provision event
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care/Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care/Australian Institute of Health and Welfare