Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 727341 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 20/01/2021 Tasmanian Health, Standard 16/10/2023 |
Definition: | Whether a person is treated on an involuntary basis under the relevant state or territory mental health legislation: at any time during an episode of admitted patient care or an episode of residential care, or at the time of contact for treatment as a patient/client by a community based service. Involuntary patients are persons who are compulsorily treated in hospital or in the community under state and territory mental health legislation for the purpose of assessment or provision of appropriate treatment or care. A patient's mental health legal status may change between contacts and during an episode of care. |