Definition
Components
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Data Element ConceptEpisode of admitted patient care—patient election status
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Object ClassEpisode of admitted patient care
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PropertyPatient election status
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Value DomainAdmitted patient election status code N
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Admitted patient election status code N ".| Data Type | Number |
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| Format | N |
| Maximum character length | 1 |
| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
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| Permissible Values | 1 | Public |
Comments
Guide for use:
Australian Health Care Agreements 2003–08 state that eligible persons are to be given the choice to receive, free of charge as public patients, health and emergency services.
At the time of, or as soon as practicable after, admission for a public hospital service, the patient must elect in writing to be treated as either
- a public patient or
- a private patient
This item is independent of the patient’s hospital insurance status and room type.
Notes:
Inability to sign: In cases where the patient is unable to complete the patient election form, the patient should be assumed to be a public patient.
Compensation funding decisions: A patient may be recorded as a public patient as an interim patient election status while the patient’s compensable status is being decided.
Inter-hospital contracted care: If the patient receives inter-hospital contracted care the following guidelines can be used if no further information is available:
- If the patient received contracted care that was purchased by a public hospital then it will be assumed that they elected to be treated as a public patient.
- If the patient received contracted care that was purchased by a private hospital then it will be assumed that they elected to be treated as a private patient.