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Definition

A patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the number and types of patients treated in a hospital to the resources required by the hospital, as represented by a code.

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Origin:
University of Wollongong

References

Eagar K. et al (1997). The Australian National Sub-acute and Non-acute Patient Classification (AN-SNAP): Report of the National Sub-acute and Non-acute Casemix Classification Study. Centre for Health Service Development, University of Wollongong. Viewed 18 September 2012 http://ahsri.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@chsd/
documents/doc/uow082315.pdf

University of Wollongong 2012. Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient classification (AN-SNAP) Version 3. University of Wollongong, Wollongong. Viewed 26 September 2012, http://ahsri.uow.edu.au/chsd/ansnap/index.html


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Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 2
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