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Data Element Detail

Admitted patient
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040380 v2
Data Element
Data Element Concept
Draft
12-Jun-2014		Current
04-Aug-2014
Standard
01-Jul-2014
A patient who undergoes a hospital's admission process to receive treatment and/or care. This treatment and/or care is provided over a period of time and can occur in hospital and/or in the person's home (for hospital-in-the-home patients). The patient may be admitted if one or more of the following apply:
- the patient's condition requires clinical management and/or facilities not available in their usual residential environment
- the patient requires observation in order to be assessed or diagnosed
- the patient requires at least daily assessment of their medication needs
- the patient requires a procedure(s) that cannot be performed in a stand-alone facility, such as a doctor's room without specialised support facilities and/or expertise available (e.g. cardiac catheterisation)
- there is a legal requirement for admission (e.g. under child protection legislation)
- the patient is aged nine days or less.
Admitted patient care
Representational Attributes
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Collection and Usage Attributes
This definition includes all babies who are nine days old or less. However, all newborn days of stay are further divided into categories of qualified and unqualified for Australian Healthcare Agreements and health insurance benefit purposes. A newborn day is acute (qualified) when a newborn meets at least one of the following criteria: - is the second or subsequent live born infant of a multiple birth, whose mother is currently an admitted patient; - is admitted to an intensive care facility in a hospital, being a facility approved by the Commonwealth Health Minister for the purpose of the provision of special care; - remains in hospital without its mother; - is admitted to the hospital without its mother. Acute (qualified) newborn days are eligible for health insurance benefit purposes and should be counted under the Australian Healthcare Agreements. Days when the newborn does not meet these criteria are classified as unqualified (if they are nine days old or less) and should be recorded as such. Unqualified newborn days should not be counted under the Australian Healthcare Agreements and are not eligible for health insurance benefit purposes. ADMISSION CRITERIA In general, a patient can be admitted if one or more of the following apply: - The patient's condition requires clinical management and/or facilities are not available in their usual residential environment. - The patient requires observation in order to be assessed or diagnosed. - The patient requires at least daily assessment of their medication needs. - The patient requires a procedure(s) that cannot be performed in a stand-alone facility, such as a doctor's room, without specialised support facilities and/or expertise being available (e.g. cardiac catheterisation). - There is a legal requirement for admission (e.g. under child protection legislation). - The patient is aged nine days or less.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementData Element ConceptAdmitted patientQH 040380 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptAdmissionQH 040381 Version 4Current
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptAdmissionQH 040381 Version 3Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptEpisode of admitted patient careQH 041604 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementDerived Data ElementAdmitted patient-length of stay (excluding leave days), total days at point during episode of careQH 040016 Version 2Current
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 2Current01-Jul-201930-Jun-2022
Information AssetData CollectionMonthly Activity Collection (MAC)QH 020008 Version 1Superseded01-Jul-201430-Jun-2019
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 2Current01-Jul-2019
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1Superseded01-Jul-201430-Jun-2019
Source and Reference Attributes
Admission; Admitted patient; Inpatient;