Episode of admitted patient care (procedure)—procedure commencement date

Metadata item type:	Data Element Concept
METeOR identifier:	269735
Registration status:	Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Definition:	The date on which a procedure commenced during an inpatient episode of care.
Context:	Admitted patient care
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:	Procedure commencement date
Definition:	The date on which a procedure commenced.
Property group:	Service provision event
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Data element concept attributes
Relational attributes
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:	Episode of admitted patient care (procedure)—procedure commencement date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 01/03/2005