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Establishment-number of available beds for admitted patients/residents

Identifying and Definitional Attributes

Identifier & Version

QH 041054 v1

Metadata Item Type

Data Element

Data Element Type

Data Element

Approval Status

Current
01-Mar-2005

Superseded
30-Jun-2009

Approval Type

Standard

Approving Authority

Effective From

01-Jul-1997

Effective To

30-Jun-2009

Definition

The average number of beds which are immediately available for use by an admitted patient or resident within the establishment. A bed is immediately available for use if it is located in a suitable place for care with nursing and auxiliary staff available within a reasonable period.

Context

Short Name

Number of available beds for admitted patients/residents

Name in Other Contexts

Representational Attributes

Datatype

Integer

Representation Class

Quantitative Value

Format

[N(3)]N

Minimum Character Length

Maximum Character Length

Permissible Values

Permissible_values

Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

Collection and Usage Attributes

Guide for Use

Unit of measure: Bed.

The average bed is to be calculated from monthly figures.

Inclusions: both occupied and unoccupied beds are included. For residential aged care services, the number of approved beds includes beds approved for respite care.

Exclusions: surgical tables, recovery trolleys, delivery beds, cots for normal neonates, emergency stretchers/beds not normally authorised or funded and beds designated for same-day non-admitted patient care are excluded. Beds in wards which were closed for any reason (except weekend closures for beds/wards staffed and available on weekdays only) are also excluded.

New

Verification Rules

Collection Methods

Average available beds, rounded to the nearest whole number.

Comments

This metadata item was amended during 1996-97. Until then, both average and end-of-year counts of available beds were included, and the end-of-year counts used as surrogates for the average counts if the latter were unavailable. The average count is more useful for accurate characterisation of establishments and comparisons.
Necessary to provide an indicator of the availability and type of service for an establishment.

Relational Attributes

Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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Relationship	Metadata Item Type	Metadata Item Subtype	Name	Identifier & Version	Approval Status
Has been superseded by	Data Element	Derived Data Element	Facility-available bed (neonatal admitted care, non-special-care), average number	QH 041529 Version 1	Current
Has been superseded by	Data Element	Derived Data Element	Facility-available bed (overnight-stay admitted care), average number	QH 041527 Version 1	Current
Has been superseded by	Data Element	Derived Data Element	Facility-available bed (same-day admitted care), average number	QH 041528 Version 1	Current

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	Monthly Activity Collection (MAC)	QH 020008 Version 1	Mandatory	Superseded	01-Jul-1997	30-Jun-2009

Data Quality Declaration

Source and Reference Attributes

Source Organisation

Australia Institute of Health and Welfare

Source Document

METeOR data element: Establishment-number of available beds for admitted patients/residents, average N[NNN], Identifier 270133, Health standard 01/03/2005 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/270133/meteorItemView/long

Keywords

Available beds; Establishments reporting;