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Data Element Detail

Episode of admitted patient care (newborn)-qualification status
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040376 v2
Data Element
Data Element
Draft
12-Jun-2014		Current
04-Aug-2014
Standard
01-Jul-2014
Indicates whether the patient day within a newborn episode of admitted patient care is either acute (qualified) or unqualified.
Admitted patient care: To provide accurate information on care provided in newborn episodes of care through exclusion of unqualified patient days to recognise health insurance benefits and Medicare patient days.
Qualification status
Representational Attributes
Alphabetic
Code
A
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
AAcute
UUnqualified
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

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Collection and Usage Attributes
NEWBORN 9 DAYS OF AGE OR LESS
All newborns 9 days old or less are admitted for statistical purposes. However, only newborns with an acute qualification status attract health insurance benefits and count towards Medicare patient days. Note that all newborns 10 days old or more who require clinical care/treatment are classified as admitted patients.

Single live birth or first born of a multiple birth:
- If in ICN/SCN, qualification status is Acute, regardless of status of the mother.
- If not in ICN/SCN, regardless of need for clinical care/treatment:
- If mother admitted to the same hospital, qualification status is Unqualified.
- If mother and baby are admitted/transferred to separate hospitals, qualification status is Acute.
- If mother is discharged from hospital, qualification status is Acute.
- If mother is not admitted to hospital, qualification status is Acute.
- If mother is a boarder at the same hospital, qualification status is Acute.

Second or subsequent live birth of a multiple birth:
- Qualification status is Acute, regardless of status or mother or baby.

NEWBORN 10 DAYS OF AGE OR MORE
All newborns 10 days of age or more that require clinical care/treatment require admission. This includes new admission and care type changes.

Baby requires clinical care/treatment, inside or outside ICN/SCN:
- If qualification status was Acute before day 10, remains an admitted patient and qualification status is Acute until separated or care type changes, regardless of status of the mother.
- If qualification status was Unqualified before day 10, remains an admitted patient and qualification status is changed to Acute from day 10 until separated or care type changes, regardless of status of the mother.

Baby does not require clinical care/treatment:
- Admit as Boarder.

Examples include:
- If the mother is admitted/transferred for clinical care/treatment.
- If baby is for adoption and the mother is not in hospital.
- If the mother/carer is in the same hospital.
Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC):
Can be null.
Must not be null if care type is 05 Newborn care.
Validated against a list of qualification status codes.
All babies born in hospital are admitted patients. The newborn baby's qualified days are eligible for health insurance benefits purposes and the patient day count under the Australian Health Care Agreements. In this context, newborn qualified days are equivalent to acute days and may be denoted as such. The days when a newborn baby does not meet these criteria are classified as unqualified (if they are nine days old or less) and should not be counted as patient days under the Australian Health Care Agreements and are not eligible for health insurance benefit purposes.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementData ElementQualification statusQH 040376 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care (newborn)-date of change to qualification statusQH 041729 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care (newborn)-date of change to qualification status (QHAPDC DSR)QH 042457 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementHospital service-care typeQH 040013 Version 7Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptEpisode of admitted patient careQH 041604 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementDerived Data ElementEpisode of admitted patient care (newborn)-total number of acute (qualified)/unqualified daysQH 040375 Version 2Current
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 2ConditionalCurrent01-Jul-2019
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201430-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2016-2017QH 020315 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201630-Jun-2017
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2017-2018QH 020501 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201730-Jun-2018
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019QH 020503 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2019-2020QH 020581 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201930-Jun-2020
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2020-2021QH 020692 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-202030-Jun-2021
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2021-2022QH 020780 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-202130-Jun-2022
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Private Facility Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2022-2023QH 0139401 Version 1ConditionalCurrent01-Jul-202230-Jun-2023
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2016-2017QH 020314 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201630-Jun-2017
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2017-2018QH 020329 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201730-Jun-2018
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019QH 020504 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2019-2020QH 020582 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201930-Jun-2020
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2020-2021QH 020693 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-202030-Jun-2021
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) Public Hospital Services Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2021-2022QH 020781 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-202130-Jun-2022
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR glossary item: Newborn qualification status, Indicator 327254, Health standard 01/03/2005 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/327254
Newborn; Qualified; Unqualified;