Establishment—geriatric assessment unit indicator, yes/no code N
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Geriatric assessment unit indicator |
| METEOR identifier: | 619809 |
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| Definition: | An indicator of whether an establishment includes a facility dedicated to the Commonwealth-approved assessment of the level of dependency of (usually) aged individuals either for purposes of initial admission to a long-stay institution or for purposes of reassessment of dependency levels of existing long-stay institution residents, as represented by a code. |
| Context: | Health services |
| Data Element Concept: | Establishment—geriatric assessment unit indicator |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||||||||
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| Data type: | Boolean | ||||||||||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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| Comments: | Essential to provide a broad picture of the availability of key specialised services by State and region and to assist with planning if services are over supplied in one region relative to another. | ||||||||||||||
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| Origin: | National Health Data Committee | ||||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Establishment—specialised service indicator (geriatric assessment unit), yes/no code N
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