Definition
Components
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Data Element ConceptNon-admitted patient service event—care type
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Object ClassNon-admitted patient service event
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PropertyCare type
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Value DomainNone
Comments
Guide for use:
Subacute care is specialised multidisciplinary care in which the primary need for care is optimisation of the patient's functioning and quality of life. A person's functioning may relate to their whole body or a body part, the whole person, or the whole person in a social context, and to impairment of a body function or structure, activity limitation and/or participation restriction.
Subacute care comprises the defined care types of rehabilitation, palliative care, geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) and psychogeriatric care.
A multidisciplinary management plan comprises a series of documented and agreed initiatives or treatments (specifying program goals, actions and timeframes) which has been established through multidisciplinary consultation and consultation with the patient and/or carers.
Palliative care episodes can include grief and bereavement support for the family and carers of the patient where it is documented in the patient's medical record.