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Data Element Detail

Non-admitted patient service event
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 041679 v1
Data Element
Data Element Concept
Draft
23-Apr-2013		Current
09-Jul-2013		Superseded
16-Jul-2018
Standard
01-Jul-2013
30-Jun-2017
An interaction between one or more healthcare provider(s) with one non-admitted patient, which must contain therapeutic/clinical content and result in a dated entry in the patient's medical record.
Hospital non-admitted patient care
Representational Attributes
Permissible Values

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Supplementary Values

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Collection and Usage Attributes
The Non-admitted patient (NAP) data set is intended to capture instances of healthcare provision from the point of view of the patient. This may be for assessment, examination, consultation, treatment and/or education.

One service event is recorded for each interaction, regardless of the number of healthcare providers present.

Events broken in time:
The period of interaction can be broken but still regarded as one service event if it was intended to be unbroken in time. This covers those circumstances in which treatment during a service event is temporarily interrupted for unexpected reasons, for example, a healthcare provider is called to assess another patient who requires more urgent care. Where a healthcare provider is unable to complete the interaction, it is considered to be a service event only if the definition of service event (above) is met.

Setting:
Service events can occur in an outpatient clinic or other setting.

Mode:
Service events delivered via Information and Communication Technology (ICT) (including but not limited to telephone and where the patient is participating via a video link) are included if:
- they are a substitute for a face-to-face service event, and
- the definition of a service event (above) is met.

Accompanied patients:
If a patient is accompanied by a carer/ relative, or the carer/relative acts on behalf of the patient with or without the patient present (e.g. mother of 2 year old patient or carer for incapacitated patient), only the patient's service event is recorded unless the carer/relative interaction meets the definition of a service event (above).

Note: carer refers to an informal carer only.

Service events delivered in groups:
Care provided to two or more patients by the same service provider(s) at the same time can also be referred to as a group session.

One service event is recorded for each patient who attends a group session regardless of the number of healthcare providers present, where the definition of a service event (above) is met.

Should a patient receive care both as an individual and as part of a group within a single session, this must be reported as two separate service events.

Service requests:
A service event is the result of a service request (including formal referral and self-referral or attendance at a walk-in clinic).

Activities which do not meet the definition of a service event include:
- Work-related services provided in clinics for staff.
- Non-attendances for a booked outpatient or booked outpatient services that did not go ahead.
Where providers from multiple clinics, establishments or locations are present at a service event, only one service event should be reported nationally. This reflects the reality that, where providers from different organisations are involved, they are likely to record service events separately. This will be resolved into one service event, where possible, by the jurisdiction centrally before national reporting.
This definition applies to non-admitted hospital patients and is not intended to apply to community based services.
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 Element ConceptNon-admitted patient service eventQH 041679 Version 2Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-Commonwealth program or exemption typeQH 041955 Version 1Retired
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-chargeable statusQH 041952 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-corporate clinic codeQH 041683 Version 4Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-corporate clinic codeQH 041683 Version 3Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-corporate clinic codeQH 041683 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-corporate clinic codeQH 041683 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-data source system codeQH 041927 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-data source system codeQH 041927 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-group session indicatorQH 041951 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-local clinic codeQH 041685 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-local clinic codeQH 041685 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-local provider identifierQH 041945 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-multiple healthcare provider indicatorQH 041930 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementNon-admitted patient service event-new/review clinical service statusQH 041686 Version 1Current
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Health Non-Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHNAPDC)QH 020262 Version 1Superseded01-Jul-201430-Jun-2017
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR object class: Non-admitted patient service event, identifier 400604, Health standard 06/10/2010 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/400604
Non-admitted patient; Service event;