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Data Element Detail

Non-admitted patient service event-multiple healthcare provider indicator
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 041930 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Draft
02-Nov-2015		Current
01-Mar-2016		Superseded
29-Jan-2018
Standard
01-Jul-2015
30-Jun-2017
An indicator of whether a non-admitted patient service event was delivered by multiple healthcare providers.
Non-admitted patient care
Multiple healthcare provider indicator
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Yes
2No
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

CodeDescription
9Not stated/inadequately described
Collection and Usage Attributes
Code 1 Yes
This code is used to indicate that direct care has been provided by multiple healthcare providers.

Code 2 No
This code is used to indicate that direct care has not been provided by multiple healthcare providers.

Code 9 Not stated/inadequately described
This code is used when there is insufficient information to determine whether direct care has been provided by multiple healthcare providers.
Must not be blank.
The definition of the term 'multiple healthcare provider' can vary depending on the context and/or collection in which the term is being applied. This information should be specified via the 'DSS-specific attributes' field in, relation to this data element at the DSS or NMDS level.

For example, in the context of reporting non-admitted activity data for activity based funding, 'multiple healthcare provider' means three or more health care providers who deliver care either individually or jointly within a non-admitted patient service event. The healthcare providers may be of the same profession (medical, nursing or allied health). However, they must each have a different speciality so that the care provided by each provider is unique and meets the definition of a non-admitted patient service event.

In practice, this should be interpreted as meaning that the patient can separately identify the unique care provided by each healthcare provider. For example:
- A patient attends a pain management clinic for assessment. At the assessment there is a doctor specialising in chronic diseases, a doctor specialising in pain management, a nurse specialising in pain management and an occupational therapist. As each provider will provide unique clinical content to the assessment, this is counted as multiple healthcare providers.
- A patient attends a rehabilitation clinic and sees a physiotherapist, an occupational therapist and then a nurse, all individually. This would be counted as multiple healthcare providers.
- A patient attends a hydrotherapy clinic, sees a physiotherapist who provides a plan, and then completes the plan with a physiotherapist aid. This would not be counted as multiple healthcare providers.
This metadata item provides a consistent framework for counting non-admitted patient service events for costing and funding purposes.
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 ElementNon-admitted patient service event-multiple healthcare provider indicatorQH 041930 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptNon-admitted patient service eventQH 041679 Version 1Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Health Non-Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHNAPDC)QH 020262 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201530-Jun-2017
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Non-admitted patient service event-multiple health care provider indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code NN, identifier 584616, Health standard 13/11/2014 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/584616/meteorItemView/long
Multiple healthcare provider; Provider;