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Elective care waiting list episode—listing date for care, DDMMYYYY

Definition

The date on which a hospital or a community health service accepts notification that a patient/client requires care/treatment.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Elective care waiting list episode—listing date for care, DDMMYYYY

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Date DDMMYYYY ".
Data Type Date/Time
Format DDMMYYYY
Maximum character length 8

Comments

Guide for use:
For elective surgery, the listing date is the date on which the patient is added to an elective surgery waiting list.

The acceptance of the notification by the hospital or community health service is conditional upon the provision of adequate information about the patient and the appropriateness of the patient referral.

Origin:
National Health Data Committee

Comments:

The hospital or community health service should only accept a patient onto the waiting list when sufficient information has been provided to fulfil state/territory, local and national reporting requirements.

References


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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