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Data Element Detail

Date of ward/unit transfer
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040125 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
15-Jan-1998		Superseded
15-Jul-2019
Standard
01-Jul-1984
30-Jun-2018
The date on which a patient transfers from one ward or unit to another for a different level of care, within the same hospital.
Institutional health care
Date of ward/unit transfer
Representational Attributes
Numeric Character
Date
DDMMYYYY
8
8
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

-
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
A ward/unit transfer is recorded every time the patient moves from one ward or unit to another, within the same hospital.
Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC):
Must not be null for admitted patient records with ward/unit transfer activity.
Must be a valid date.
Must not be in the future (ie. past the current date).
Must not be before the admission date.
Must not be within any leave periods.
Must not be after the separation date.
Some Queensland Health information systems restrict date storage to CCYYMMDD format e.g. Oracle systems.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementEpisode of care-date of ward/unit transferQH 040125 Version 2Current
Is used in conjunction withData ElementData ElementTime of ward/unit transferQH 040126 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-date of ward/unit transfer (QHAPDC DSR)QH 042903 Version 1Current
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-198430-Jun-2018
Source and Reference Attributes
Transfer; Unit; Ward;