Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:	Emergency department stay
Definition:	The period between when a patient presents at an emergency department and when that person is recorded as having physically departed the emergency department.
Context:	Emergency department care.
Specialisation of:	Service/care event
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:	Type of visit to emergency department
Definition:	An indicator of the reason for arrival at an emergency department.
Property group:	Entry into service event

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element concept attributes

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:	Supersedes Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018 Health, Superseded 20/10/2021 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 05/06/2020
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:	Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N Health, Standard 20/10/2021