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Data Element Detail

Elective patient status
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040291 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
15-Jan-1998		Superseded
30-Jun-2000
Standard
01-Jul-1996
30-Jun-2000
Elective care is care that, in the opinion of the treating clinician, is necessary, and admission for which can be delayed for at least 24 hours. Emergency care is care that, in the opinion of the treating clinician, is necessary and admission for which cannot be delayed for more than 24 hours.
Institutional health care
Elective patient status
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Emergency admission
2Elective admission
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Emergency patients include:
- unplanned admissions,
- patients whose admission date has been scheduled less than 24 hours prior to being admitted,
- maternity patients, except for planned Caesarean sections or inductions, as the patient's admission date is not precisely determined prior to admission,
- all newborn babies born in the hospital or born before arrival at hospital, and
- patients referred to hospital by a medical practitioner who requests that the patient should be admitted within 24 hours.

Elective patients include:
- patients whose admission has been scheduled (and known about by the hospital) at least 24 hours prior to the admission,
- patients admitted from a booking list,
- admissions for planned Caesarean sections and inductions,
- all those who are not emergency admissions as defined above, and
- all episode of care changes should be recorded as elective.
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Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementElective patient statusQH 040291 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptElective careQH 040155 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 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-199630-Jun-2000
Source and Reference Attributes
Admission type; Election status; Elective patient; Emergency patient;