Episode of mental health care—episode start mode, code N
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Episode of mental health care start mode |
| METEOR identifier: | 723150 |
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| Definition: | The mechanism by which a person begins an episode of mental health care, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Episode of mental health care—episode start mode |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||||
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Collection and usage attributes | |||||||||
| Guide for use: | CODE 1 Start of a new episode of care/statistical admission Refers to the formal start of an episode of care or the statistical start of an admitted patient episode of care. CODE 2 Start of a new reference period Refers to the statistical start of a residential or ambulatory mental health care episode necessary at the commencement of a reporting period (i.e. calendar or financial year). CODE 3 Start of expected short concurrent residential stay (on leave from other residential mental health service) Refers to the start of an expected short concurrent residential stay when a resident is on leave from the original residential mental health service with the intention of return. This code is only applicable for residential patients. | ||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority | ||||||||
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Collection and usage attributes | |||||||||
| Collection methods: | For the purposes of activity based funding reporting, the values for this data element can be derived from existing data elements where they exist. Admitted care: This data element can be derived from Episode of admitted patient care—admission mode, code N. Residential care: This data element can be derived from Episode of residential care—episode start mode, code N. | ||||||||
| Comments: | Information on the mechanism by which a patient begins an episode of care assists in analyses of intersectoral patient flow and health care planning. | ||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority | ||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | See also Episode of admitted patient care—admission mode, code N
Has been superseded by Episode of mental health care—episode start mode, code N
Supersedes Episode of mental health care—episode start mode, code N
See also Episode of residential care—episode start mode, code N
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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