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Data Element Detail

Non-admitted patient care (outpatient)-source of referral
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040938 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Provisional
22-Sep-2005		Superseded
24-Jun-2011
Standard
01-Jul-2006
30-Jun-2010
The source from which a patient is referred for an outpatient occasion of service.
Source of referral (ODC)
Representational Attributes
Numeric Character
Code
N(2)
2
2
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
01Qld Health - Current Treating Hospital - Emergency Dept
02Qld Health - Current Treating Hospital - Specialist Outpatient Clinic
03Qld Health - Current Treating Hospital - Unit/Ward
04Qld Health - Current Treating Hospital - Private Practice Billing Agency
05Qld Health - Other Hospital
06Qld Health - Community Health Service
07Other Government Service Provider - Correctional Facility
08Other Government Service Provider - Community Health
09Other Government Service Provider - Other
10Non-Government Service Provider - General Practice
11Non-Government Service Provider - Private Hospital
12Non-Government Service Provider - Other Private Medical Specialist/Consultant
98Other
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Code 01 includes patients referred by the Emergency Department of the treating hospital.
Code 02 includes patients internally referred by one Specialist Outpatient clinic to another Specialist Outpatient clinic of the treating hospital (eg: from a diabetes clinic to a vascular clinic).
Code 03 includes admitted patients of the current treating hospital referred by the Unit/Ward; or patients discharged from their admitted episode of care that are referred by the Unit/ward.
Code 04 includes patients referred by the Private Practice Billing Agency of the treating hospital.
Code 05 includes patients referred by other Queensland Health hospitals.
Code 06 includes patients referred by a Community Health Service of Queensland Health.
Code 07 includes patients referred from facilities managed by the Department of Correctional Services.
Code 08 includes patients referred by Other Government Community Health Services (non-Queensland Health).
Code 09 includes patients referred by Other Government Service Provider (non Correctional or Community Health).
Code 10 includes patients referred by a General Practice (non-government).
Code 11 includes patients referred by a Private Hospital.
Code 12 includes patients referred by a Private Medical Specialist/Consultant (non-Queensland Health).
Must be a valid code.
Outpatient scheduling systems (eg HBCIS- HBCIS - Appointment Scheduling Module) contains a mandatory field to collect this data element.
The HBCIS Appointment Scheduling Module reference file has the domain for 'Unit/Ward' categorised further to identify 'Inpatient' and 'Post Discharge Review' referrals.
This data element provides an indication of the patient flow through the system 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
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementOutpatient clinic service request-source of requestQH 040938 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient care-clinical urgency categoryQH 040936 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient care-principal funding sourceQH 040939 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient care-referral issue dateQH 040928 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient care-referral receipt dateQH 040929 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNot ready for care-end dateQH 040355 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNot ready for care-start dateQH 040354 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptNon-admitted patient care-specialist outpatient service-referralQH 040927 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptNot ready for careQH 040377 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptOccasion of serviceQH 040607 Version 1Retired
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).
Non-admitted patient; Outpatient clinic; Referral; Source of referral;