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Identifying and Definitional Attributes
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Relational Attributes
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Episode type

Identifying and Definitional Attributes

Identifier & Version

QH 040013 v1

Metadata Item Type

Data Element

Data Element Type

Data Element

Approval Status

Current
01-Jul-1984

Superseded
30-Jun-1995

Approval Type

Standard

Approving Authority

Effective From

01-Jul-1984

Effective To

30-Jun-1995

Definition

An episode type describes the phase of treatment. The episode type changes when the principal clinical intent changes.

Context

Institutional health care: the identification of different episodes of care is required in order to appropriately classify and count the care a person received whilst in hospital.

Short Name

Episode type

Name in Other Contexts

Type of episode, Inpatient type

Representational Attributes

Datatype

Numeric Character

Representation Class

Code

Format

N(2)

Minimum Character Length

Maximum Character Length

Permissible Values

Permissible_values

Code	Description
01	Acute, including rehabilitation
02	Nursing home type

Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

Collection and Usage Attributes

Guide for Use

All patients are considered acute patients on first presentation to hospital for a particular condition. After a qualifying period of 35 days, the patient may be eligible for a change in status to nursing home type, if the treating doctor has not completed an acute care certificate. Note that the 35 day qualifying period may accrue in more than one hospital (public or private or both). Patients who go on leave or are separated from hospital but readmitted within seven days, may continue accruing their 35 days. Patients who leave hospital and do not enter another one for at least seven days will begin at Day 1 on next admission to hospital. Note that leave days and days out of hospital do not count in accruing the 35 days.

New

Verification Rules

Collection Methods

Comments

Relational Attributes

Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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View	Relationship	Metadata Item Type	Metadata Item Subtype	Name	Identifier & Version	Approval Status
	Has been superseded by	Data Element	Data Element	Episode type	QH 040013 Version 2	Superseded

Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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View	Metadata Item Type	Metadata Item Subtype	Name	Identifer & Version	Obligation	Approval Status	Effective From	Effective To
	Information Asset	Data Collection	Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)	QH 020001 Version 1	Mandatory	Superseded	01-Jul-1984	30-Jun-1995

Data Quality Declaration

Source and Reference Attributes

Source Organisation

Source Document

Keywords

CRDI; CRDI QHAPDC; Care type;