Episode of care—inter-hospital contracted patient status (Data Element Concept)

Episode of care—inter-hospital contracted patient status

Type: Data Element Concept
Identifiers: UUID - 674f0a46-158c-11e7-803e-0242ac110017; meteor:meteor/269715/
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Stewardship Organisation: Aristotle Demo Organisation
Endorsed by: Health : Standard on March 1, 2005

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Last updated
Created: 10 May 2015
Supersedes: None
Superseded by: None
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Definition

An episode of care for an admitted patient whose treatment and/or care is provided under an arrangement between a hospital purchaser of hospital care (contracting hospital) and a provider of an admitted service (contracted hospital), and for which the activity is recorded by both hospitals.

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Data Element Concept (this item)
Episode of care—inter-hospital contracted patient status
- Object Class
  Episode of care
- Property
  Inter-hospital contracted patient status
Conceptual Domain
None

Comments

Context:

Admitted patient care:

To identify patients receiving services that have been contracted between hospitals. This metadata item is used to eliminate potential double-counting of hospital activity in the analysis of patterns of health care delivery and funding and epidemiological studies.

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This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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