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Data Element Detail

Number of days of hospital-in-the-home care
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040980 v1
Data Element
Derived Data Element
Current
01-Mar-2005		Superseded
03-Aug-2014
Standard
01-Mar-2005
30-Jun-2014
The number of hospital-in-the-home days occurring within an episode of care for an admitted patient.
Admitted patient care
Number of days of hospital-in-the-home care
Episode of admitted patient care
Representational Attributes
Integer
Quantitative Value
[N(2)]N
1
3
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

-
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
The rules for calculating the number of hospital-in-the-home days are outlined below:
- The number of hospital-in-the-home days is calculated with reference to the date of admission, date of separation, leave days and any date(s) of change between hospital and home accommodation;
- The date of admission is counted if the patient was at home at the end of the day;
- The date of change between hospital and home accommodation is counted if the patient was at home at the end of the day;
- The date of separation is not counted, even if the patient was at home at the end of the day;
- The normal rules for calculation of patient days apply, for example in relation to leave and same-day patients.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Has been superseded byData ElementDerived Data ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-number of days of hospital-in-the-home care, totalQH 040980 Version 2Current
Is used in the derivation ofData ElementDerived Data ElementFacility-average daily bed equivalence (community based admitted patient care)QH 041099 Version 1Current
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

No Metadata Items
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Episode of admitted patient care-number of days of hospital-in-the-home care, total {N[NN]}, Identifier 270305, Health standard 01/03/2005 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/270305/meteorItemView/long
HITH; Home; Hospital;