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Data Element Detail

Number of occasions of service
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040242 v1
Data Element
Derived Data Element
Current
15-Jan-1998		Superseded
27-Feb-2007
Standard
01-Jul-1996
30-Jun-2006
The number of occasions of examination, consultation, treatment or other service provided to a patient (non-admitted) in each functional unit of a health service facility.

Exclusions: telephone calls should not be reported here as an occasion of service.
Institutional health care: occasions of service are required as a measure of non-admitted patient service provision
Number of occasions of service
Ambulatory Occasions of Service
Representational Attributes
Integer
Quantitative Value
[N(8)]N
1
9
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

-
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Where an admitted patient of the facility receives services at the facility's outpatient clinic, these services should NOT be reported against a non-admitted patient ambulatory occasions of service category.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Has been superseded byData ElementDerived Data ElementNumber of occasions of serviceQH 040242 Version 2Retired
Is supplemented byData ElementDerived Data ElementTelehealth occasion of serviceQH 040743 Version 1Retired
Is supplemented byData ElementDerived Data ElementTelephone consultation/occasion of serviceQH 040742 Version 1Retired
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptOccasion of serviceQH 040607 Version 1Retired
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 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-199630-Jun-2006
Source and Reference Attributes
Occasion of service;