Person—accommodation type (prior to admission), code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Type of usual accommodation
METEOR identifier:	647330
Registration status:	Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Definition:	The type of physical accommodation the person lived in prior to admission, as represented by a code.
Context:	Admitted patient mental health care: Permits analysis of the prior residential accommodation type of people admitted to residential aged care services or other institutional care.
Data Element Concept:	Person—accommodation type

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	House or flat
2	Independent unit as part of retirement village or similar
3	Hostel or hostel type accommodation
4	Psychiatric hospital
5	Acute hospital
6	Other accommodation
7	No usual residence

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:

The above classifications have been based on Question 16 of Form NH5.
The Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care has introduced a new Aged Care Application and Approval form which replaces the NH5.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:

This metadata item is not available for New South Wales State nursing homes. As this item includes only details of physical accommodation before admission it was decided to have details of the relational basis of accommodation before admission collected as a separate metadata item (see metadata item Admission mode).