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Data Element Detail

Same-day patient
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040018 v1
Data Element
Data Element Concept
Current
15-Jan-1998		Superseded
03-Aug-2014
Standard
01-Jul-1984
30-Jun-2014
A same-day patient is a person who is admitted and separates on the same date. This patient:
- has been registered as a patient at the hospital;
- meets the minimum criteria for admission;
- has undergone a formal admission process;
- is separated prior to midnight on the day of admission.

Boarders are excluded from this definition.

Note: Same day patients may be either intended to be discharged on the same day, or intended overnight stay patients who were discharged, died or were transferred on their first day in hospital.
Institutional health care
Day only patients (MAS)
Representational Attributes
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

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Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

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Collection and Usage Attributes
Same day patients may either be intended to be discharged on the same day, or intended overnight stay patients who were discharged, died, or were transferred on their day in the hospital. Treatment provided to an intended same day patient, who is subsequently classified as an overnight stay patient, should be regarded as part of the overnight episode of care. A non-admitted service (an emergency or outpatient service) provided to a patient, who is subsequently classified as an admitted patient, shall be regarded as part of the admitted episode of care. That is, any occasion of service should be reported and identified as part of the admitted patient episode of care. Data on same day patients are derived by a review of admission and separation dates. The data excludes patients who were to be discharged on the same day but were subsequently required to stay in hospital for one night or more.
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Has been superseded byData ElementData Element ConceptSame-day patientQH 040018 Version 2Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementBandQH 040059 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementIntended length of hospital stayQH 040012 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptOvernight-stay patientQH 040257 Version 1Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionMonthly Activity Collection (MAC)QH 020008 Version 1Superseded15-Jan-199830-Jun-2014
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1Superseded01-Jul-198430-Jun-2014
Source and Reference Attributes
Same day patient;