Identifying and definitional attributes | |||||||
Metadata item type: | Data Element | ||||||
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Short name: | Admitted patient election status | ||||||
METeOR identifier: | 270044 | ||||||
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 | ||||||
Definition: | Accommodation chargeable status elected by a patient on admission, as represented by a code | ||||||
Data Element Concept: | Episode of admitted patient care—elected accommodation status | ||||||
Value domain attributes | |||||||
Representational attributes | |||||||
Representation class: | Code | ||||||
Data type: | Number | ||||||
Format: | N | ||||||
Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||
Permissible values: |
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Collection and usage attributes | |||||||
Guide for use: | CODE 1 Public patient: A person, eligible for Medicare, who, on admission to a recognised hospital or soon after:
CODE 2 Private patient: A person who, on admission to a recognised hospital or soon after:
Please see the various Commonwealth/State Health Care Agreements for definitions of patient(s) and patient services. | ||||||
Data element attributes | |||||||
Collection and usage attributes | |||||||
Guide for use: | At the time of, or as soon as practicable after admission to a public hospital, the patient must elect in writing to be treated as either
This item is independent of patient's hospital insurance status. Private includes private-single and private-shared. | ||||||
Collection methods: | Commencing with Version 9 of the Dictionary, four separate data elements Admitted patient hospital stay—elected accommodation status, code N, Person—Medicare eligibility status, code N, Episode of care—treatment funding eligibility status (Department of Veterans' Affairs), code N and Patient—compensable status, code N - are recorded in the Dictionary. This is because each element relates to a separate concept and requires separate information to be reported. These data elements replace the previous data elements Patient accommodation eligibility status and Compensable status. | ||||||
Relational attributes | |||||||
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Has been superseded by Episode of admitted patient care—patient election status, code N Health, Standard 23/10/2006, Tasmanian Health, Endorsed 08/09/2016, Commonwealth Department of Health, Candidate 16/07/2015, ACT Health, Final 09/08/2018 | ||||||
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + | Admitted patient care NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005
Admitted patient care NMDS 2006-07 Health, Superseded 23/10/2006
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