Person—level of functional independence, Resource Utilisation Groups– Activities of Daily Living total score code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Level of functional independence (total RUG-ADL score) |
METEOR identifier: | 681502 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 |
Definition: | A person's level of functional independence to carry out activities of daily living safely and autonomously, as represented by a total Resource Utilisation Groups-Activities of Daily Living score-based code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—level of functional independence |
Value Domain: | Resource Utilisation Groups–Activities of Daily Living total score code N[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[N] | |
Maximum character length: | 2 |
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: | Fries BE, Schneider DP et al. 1994. Refining a case-mix measure for nursing homes: Resource Utilization Groups (RUG-III). Medical Care 32: 668-685. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—level of functional independence, Resource Utilisation Groups– Activities of Daily Living total score code N[N] Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 06/05/2020 Has been superseded by Person—level of functional independence, Resource Utilisation Groups– Activities of Daily Living total score code N[N] Health, Superseded 18/12/2019 See also Person—level of functional independence, Resource Utilisation Groups - Activities of Daily Living score code N Health, Superseded 17/01/2020 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Conditional obligation: Only the Resource Utilisation Groups - Activities of Daily Living (RUG-ADL) scores at admission are required to be reported for maintenance care episodes. RUG-ADL scores at palliative care phase start should be reported for all palliative care phases. Only required to be reported for episodes of admitted patient care with Hospital service—care type, code N[N] recorded as:
Not required to be reported for patients aged 17 and under at admission. DSS specific information: For episodes of admitted patient care with Hospital service—care type, code N[N] recorded as Code 3, Palliative care, the RUG-ADL scores must be reported for each palliative care phaseif the episode of admitted patient care had more than one phase. |