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Definition

Expected principal source of funds for an admitted patient episode or non-admitted patient service event, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Hospital patient funding source code NN ".
Data Type String
Format NN
Maximum character length 2
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 01 Australian Health Care Agreements
02 Private health insurance
03 Self-funded
04 Worker's compensation
05 Motor vehicle third party personal claim
06 Other compensation (e.g. public liability, common law, medical negligence)
07 Department of Veterans' Affairs
08 Department of Defence
09 Correctional facility
10 Other hospital or public authority (contracted care)
11 Reciprocal health care agreements (with other countries)
12 Other
Supplementary Values 99 Not known

Comments

Guide for use:
The major funding source should be recorded if there is more than one source of funding. The final payment class recorded by the hospital should be used.

Context:

Admitted patient care.

Hospital non-admitted patient care.

Origin:
National Health Data Committee

References

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Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 5
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0