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Non-admitted patient care-failed to attend appointment indicator
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
Identifier
QH 040940
Version
1
Metadata Item Type
Data Element
Data Element Type
Data Element
Approval Status
Provisional
22-Sep-2005  		Retired
30-Jun-2015  
Approval Type
Standard
Approving Authority
-
Effective From
01-Jul-2006
Effective To
30-Jun-2015
Definition 
Whether a patient has failed to attend a confirmed or booked appointment for a specialist outpatient clinic service.
Context 
This definition applies to non-admitted patients of Specialist Outpatient Departments in Queensland Health public facilities and is not intended to apply to Emergency Department and community based services.
Short Name
Failed to attend appointment indicator (ODC)
Name in Other Contexts
-
Representational Attributes
Datatype
Numeric
Representation Class
Code
Format
N
Minimum Character Length
1
Maximum Character Length
1
Permissible Values
CodeDescription
1Yes
2No
Supplementary Values
-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Guide for Use 
A patient who has failed to attend an appointment should result in a dated entry being made in the patient record indicating the patient's failure to attend the booked appointment.
Verification Rules
-
Collection Methods 
Outpatient scheduling systems (eg HBCIS-Appointment Scheduling Module) can record a status of 'failed to attend' for a booked appointment.
Comment
This data element provides an indication of the system performance for strategic planning and policy direction.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References
Relates to Non-admitted patient care-clinical urgency category QH 040936 Version 1
Relates to Non-admitted patient care-service delivery waiting period QH 040937 Version 1
Relates to Non-admitted patient care-specialist outpatient service-referral QH 040927 Version 1
Relates to Occasion of service QH 040607 Version 1
Relates to Patient QH 040378 Version 1
 
Implementation in Metadata Sets
Data Quality Declaration 
-
Source and Reference Attributes
Source Organisation 
-
Source Document 
Policy for the Management of Specialist Outpatient Services in Queensland Public Hospitals (January 2005).