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Data Element Detail

Admission
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040381 v3
Data Element
Data Element Concept
Draft
12-Jun-2014		Current
04-Aug-2014		Superseded
15-Jul-2019
Standard
01-Jul-2014
30-Jun-2018
Admission is the process whereby the hospital accepts responsibility for the patient's care and/or treatment. Admission follows a clinical decision based upon specified criteria that a patient requires same-day or overnight care or treatment. An admission may be formal or statistical.

Formal admission:
The administrative process by which a hospital records the commencement of treatment and/or care and/or accommodation of a patient.

Statistical admission:
The administrative process by which a hospital records the commencement of a new episode of care, with a new care type, for a patient within one hospital stay.
Institutional health care
Representational Attributes
Permissible Values

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Supplementary Values

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Collection and Usage Attributes
Treatment and/or care provided to a patient following admission occurs over a period of time and can occur in hospital and/or in the person's home (for hospital-in-the-home patients).

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 ConceptAdmissionQH 040381 Version 2Superseded
Has been superseded byData ElementData Element ConceptAdmissionQH 040381 Version 4Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementAdmitted patient hospital stay-admission dateQH 040131 Version 2Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementAdmitted patient hospital stay-admission date (QPDC DSR)QH 042543 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-admission dateQH 040008 Version 2Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-admission date (QHAPDC DSR)QH 042438 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-admission timeQH 040009 Version 2Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-treating doctor code on admissionQH 041749 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptAdmitted patientQH 040380 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 1Superseded01-Jul-201430-Jun-2018
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR glossary item: Admission, Identifier 327206, Health standard 01/03/2005 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/327206
Admission;