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Data Element Detail

Number of occasions of service
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040242 v2
Data Element
Derived Data Element
Current
28-Feb-2007		Retired
08-Aug-2017
Standard
01-Jul-2006
30-Jun-2019
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.
Institutional health care: occasions of service are required as a measure of non-admitted outpatient 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
Exclusions: telephone calls should not be reported here as occasions of service.

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.
This data element must be collected in conjunction with Non-admitted patient care - outpatient clinic type code.
Data compiled from service or clinic activity records.
Outpatient Care NMDS the following guides for use also apply:
- Patients participating in group sessions each receive a count of one occasion of service, and these counts are assigned separately.
- Outreach clinic services should be counted at the facility where the patient medical record is held.
- Where a patient receives multidisciplinary care, within one booked appointment, one occasion of service shall be recorded, regardless of the number of providers involved.
- Where patients have more than one booked appointment, each appointment will be counted as one occasion of service. (Example: three booked appointments on a single day will be counted as three OOS).
- The occasion of service count should be attributed to the clinic type associated with the booked appointment.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementDerived Data ElementNumber of occasions of serviceQH 040242 Version 1Superseded
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-200630-Jun-2016
Source and Reference Attributes
Occasion of service;