Establishment—number of occasions of service, total N[NNNNNN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Total occasions of service |
METEOR identifier: | 291066 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 04/07/2007 |
Definition: | The total number of occasions of examination, consultation, treatment or other service provided to a patient. |
Data Element Concept: | Establishment—number of occasions of service |
Value Domain: | Total occasions of service N[NNNNNN] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NNNNNN] | |
Maximum character length: | 7 | |
Unit of measure: | Occasion of service |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | May apply to imaging, pathology and/or pharmacy services, according to relevant National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) specifications. Each diagnostic test or simultaneous set of related diagnostic tests for the one patient referred to a hospital pathology department consists of one occasion of service. |
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Collection methods: | This data element must be collected in conjunction with outpatient clinic type. Data compiled from service or clinic activity records. Outpatient Care NMDS the following guides for use also apply:
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Comments: | Replaces Occasions of Service version 1, generalising its applicability to encompass the Outpatient Care NMDS, commencing 1 July 2005. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National minimum data set working parties, including Outpatient NMDS Working Group 2004. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Establishment—number of occasions of service, total N[NNNNNN] Health, Standard 04/07/2007 See also Establishment—outpatient clinic type, code N[N] Health, Superseded 04/07/2007 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Outpatient care NMDS Health, Superseded 04/07/2007 Implementation start date: 01/07/2005 Implementation end date: 30/06/2006 |
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