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Mental health service contact—service duration, total minutes NNN

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termMental health service contact duration
METEOR identifier:Help on this term737218
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Standard 20/01/2021

Definition:Help on this term

The total time in minutes from the start to finish of a mental health service contact.

Data Element Concept:Help on this termMental health service contact—mental health service duration
Value Domain:Help on this termTotal minutes NNN

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termTotal
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termNNN
Maximum character length:Help on this term3

Data element attributes Help on this term

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Service contacts where care delivery is reviewed and the patient/client is absent, such as case conferences or multidisciplinary reviews, are regarded as individual sessions. The time spent discussing each client should be recorded separately where possible. Where recording of session duration for each client is not possible, the total time for the discussion should be apportioned evenly between the number of clients discussed. For example, for a discussion of one hour, during which 6 clients where discussed, a 10 minute session duration would be recorded for each client.

For group sessions the time for the patient/client in the session is recorded for each patient/client, regardless of the number of patients/clients or third parties participating or the number of service providers providing the service.

Writing up details of service contacts is not to be reported as part of the duration, except if during or contiguous with the period of patient/client or third party participation.

Travel to or from the location at which the service is provided, for example to or from outreach facilities or private homes, is not to be reported as part of the duration of the service contact.

Comments:Help on this term

Counting the duration for each patient/client in a group session means that this data element cannot be used to measure the duration of service contacts from the perspective of the service provider.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Mental health service contact—service duration, total minutes NNN

        Health, Superseded 20/01/2021

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
Community mental health care NMDS 2021–22

        Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2021
Implementation end date: 30/06/2022

Community mental health care NMDS 2022–23

        Health, Superseded 09/12/2022

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2022
Implementation end date: 30/06/2023

Community mental health care NMDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 09/12/2022

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2023
Implementation end date: 30/06/2024

Community mental health care NMDS 2024–25

        Health, Qualified 08/09/2023

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2024
Implementation end date: 30/06/2025

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