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Data Element Detail

Non-admitted patient care-failed to attend appointment indicator
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040940 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Provisional
22-Sep-2005		Retired
30-Jun-2015
Standard
01-Jul-2006
30-Jun-2015
Whether a patient has failed to attend a confirmed or booked appointment for a specialist outpatient clinic service.
This definition applies to non-admitted patients of Specialist Outpatient Departments in Queensland Health public facilities and is not intended to apply to Emergency Department and community based services.
Failed to attend appointment indicator (ODC)
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Yes
2No
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
A patient who has failed to attend an appointment should result in a dated entry being made in the patient record indicating the patient's failure to attend the booked appointment.
Outpatient scheduling systems (eg HBCIS-Appointment Scheduling Module) can record a status of 'failed to attend' for a booked appointment.
This data element provides an indication of the system performance for strategic planning and policy direction.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient care-clinical urgency categoryQH 040936 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptNon-admitted patient care-specialist outpatient service-referralQH 040927 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptOccasion of serviceQH 040607 Version 1Retired
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptPatientQH 040378 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementDerived Data ElementNon-admitted patient care-service delivery waiting periodQH 040937 Version 1Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

No Metadata Items
Source and Reference Attributes
Policy for the Management of Specialist Outpatient Services in Queensland Public Hospitals (January 2005).
Appointment; Failed to attend; Non-admitted patient; Outpatient clinic;