Episode of admitted patient care—emergency department short stay unit departure destination, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Emergency department short stay unit departure destination |
METEOR identifier: | 560028 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 04/09/2014 |
Definition: | The place to which the patient is released when they physically depart from an emergency department short stay unit, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Episode of admitted patient care—emergency department short stay unit departure destination |
Value Domain: | Emergency department short stay unit departure destination code N |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | CODE 1 Another location in the same hospital To be recorded for a patient who is transferred from an emergency department short stay unit to another admitted patient ward in the same hospital, or to an operating theatre. This excludes transfers to discharge/transit lounges or transfers to hospital-in-the-home. CODE 8 Other To be recorded for a patient who has not been transferred from an emergency department short stay unit to another admitted patient ward in the same hospital. This includes transfers to discharge/transit lounges or transfers to hospital-in-the-home. Where a patient has been assigned Code 8, their Mode of separation should be used to determine their departure destination from an emergency department short stay unit. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | To be reported for all patients admitted to emergency department short stay units in public hospitals, including publicly funded privately operated hospitals, with an emergency department short stay unit. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee - Emergency Data Development Working Group |
Reference documents: | Standing Council on Federal Financial Relations. National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services. Standing Council on Federal Financial Relations, Canberra. Viewed 7 February 2014, http://www.federalfinancialrelations.gov.au/content/npa/health_reform/ national-workforce-reform/national_partnership.pdf |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Episode of admitted patient care—separation mode, code N Health!, Superseded 30/04/2020 See also Episode of admitted patient care—separation mode, code NN Health!, Standard 30/04/2020 |
Implementation in Indicators: |
Used as Numerator
National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services: Proportion of patients discharged from emergency department short stay units Health!, Standard 04/09/2014
Used as Denominator
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