Episode of admitted patient care (newborn)—number of qualified days, total N[NNNN]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Number of qualified days for newborns
METEOR identifier:	722649
Registration status:	Health, Standard 18/12/2019 Tasmanian Health, Standard 29/04/2021
Definition:	The number of qualified newborn days occurring within a newborn episode of care.
Data Element Concept:	Episode of admitted patient care (newborn)—number of qualified days
Value Domain:	Total days N[NNNN]

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Total
Data type:	Number
Format:	N[NNNN]
Maximum character length:	5
Unit of measure:	Day

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	The rules for calculating the number of qualified newborn days are outlined below. The number of qualified days is calculated with reference to the Episode of admitted patient care—admission date, DDMMYYYY, Episode of admitted patient care—separation date, DDMMYYYY and any Episode of admitted patient care (newborn)—date of change to qualification status, DDMMYYYY: the date of admission is counted if the patient was qualified at the end of the day the date of change to qualification status is counted if the patient was qualified at the end of the day the date of separation is not counted, even if the patient was qualified on that day the normal rules for calculation of patient days apply, for example in relation to leave and same day patients The length of stay for a newborn episode of care is equal to the sum of the qualified and unqualified days.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Episode of admitted patient care (newborn)—number of qualified days, total N[NNNN] Health, Superseded 18/12/2019
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Admitted patient care NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Conditional obligation: Only required to be reported for episodes of care for patients with a care type of newborn care. Admitted patient care NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Conditional obligation: Only required to be reported for episodes of care for patients with a care type of newborn care. Admitted patient care NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 20/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Conditional obligation: Only required to be reported for episodes of care for patients with a care type of newborn care. Admitted patient care NMDS 2023–24 Health, Standard 20/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Conditional obligation: Only required to be reported for episodes of care for patients with a care type of newborn care. Admitted patient care NMDS 2024–25 Health, Qualified 08/09/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Conditional obligation: Only required to be reported for episodes of care for patients with a care type of newborn care. Admitted patient care separation (discharge) related data elements (TDLU) cluster Tasmanian Health, Standard 18/05/2021