Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:	Episode of admitted patient care
Definition:	The period of admitted patient care between a formal or statistical admission and a formal or statistical separation, characterised by only one care type.
Context:	Admitted patient care.
Specialisation of:	Service episode
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	This treatment and/or care provided to a patient during an episode of care can occur in hospital and/or in the person's home (for hospital-in-the-home patients).
Source and reference attributes
Origin:	Health Data Standards Committee.

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:	Ward/clinical area name
Definition:	The name used to identify the organisational unit or organisational arrangement dedicated to the treatment and care of admitted patients.
Property group:	Name characteristics
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC)
Origin:	ACSQHC Healthcare Associated Infection Technical Working Group

Data element concept attributes

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Department of Health Tasmania