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Data Element Detail

Episode of admitted patient care-consent indicator, Department of Veterans' Affairs
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 042444 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
07-Sep-2017		Superseded
15-Jul-2019
Documented
Director, Statistical Collections and Integration, Statistical Services Branch
01-Jul-2016
30-Jun-2018
An indicator of whether or not the patient consents to the release of their details to the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA).
Admitted patient care
Consent indicator, Department of Veterans' Affairs
Representational Attributes
Alphabetic
Code
A
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
NNo
UUnable to obtain
YYes
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
The consent to release patient details data items indicate whether or not the patient consents to the release of personal, admission, and health details to the funding agencies listed on the Patient Election Form (PEF). When the PEF is signed, the patient automatically gives consent for release of their details to these agencies. This does not include any documents in the patient's medical record or copies of any documents in the patient's medical record.

If a patient indicates on the PEF that they hold a DVA card and choose DVA to pay the hospital expenses, the patient's details may be released to DVA.

For a single admission PEF, the status of each of the consent data items will apply to all episodes of care within the hospital stay, unless otherwise indicated by the patient. For a multiple admission PEF, the status of each of the consent data items will apply to all episodes of care within the time frame of the PEF (default six months from the PEF date).
Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC):
Must not be null.
Must be Y, N or U.
The Patient Election Form (PEF) must be completed by a patient on admission, unless they have an existing multiple admission PEF that is current.

If the patient wishes to change the status of any or all of their consents, a new PEF is required.

In some instances the patient will be unable to complete a PEF (for example, they are unconscious or in a critical condition on arrival). If the patient is unable to complete a PEF on admission, please follow your facility's procedure for collecting information after admission.

Note that the Unable to obtain code U is not to be used for any reason other than the person cannot physically or legally provide their consent.
Current legislation does not permit release of a patient's details without the patient's specific consent to release the details for a specific purpose.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-consent indicator, Department of Veterans' AffairsQH 042444 Version 2Current
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptEpisode of admitted patient careQH 041604 Version 1Current
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 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201630-Jun-2018
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
Source and Reference Attributes
Consent flag; DVA; Department of Veterans' Affairs;