Episode of admitted patient care—admission date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Admission date
METEOR identifier:	695137
Registration status:	Health, Standard 06/09/2018 Tasmanian Health, Standard 17/06/2020
Definition:	The date on which an admitted patient commences an episode of care, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Data Element Concept:	Episode of admitted patient care—admission date

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Date

Data type:

Date/Time

Format:

DDMMYYYY

Maximum character length:

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Origin:

National Health Data Committee

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2019 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2020 *DSS specific information:* Right justified and zero filled. Admission date must be less than or equal to Separation date. Admission date must be greater than or equal to Date of birth.

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2020 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2021 *DSS specific information:* Right justified and zero filled. Admission date must be less than or equal to Separation date. Admission date must be greater than or equal to Date of birth.

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2021 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2022 *DSS specific information:* Right justified and zero filled. Admission date must be less than or equal to Separation date. Admission date must be greater than or equal to Date of birth.

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2022 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2023 *DSS specific information:* Right justified and zero filled. Admission date must be less than or equal to Separation date. Admission date must be greater than or equal to Date of birth.