Condition flag (clinical_onset_flagP, A qualifier for each coded diagnosis to indicate the onset of the condition relative to the beginning of the episode of care, as represented by a code. 1 = Condition with onset during the episode of admitted patient care 2 = Condition not noted as arising during the episode of admitted patient care 9 = Not reported Formerly known as ‘coflag_m1’-‘coflag_m10’, ‘coflag_pl1’-‘coflag_p3’. Available from 1 July 2008. Contract status (contract_status_public, contract_status_private) An indication whether or not the admitted patient service being provided during this stay in hospital is being performed under a contractual agreement with another facility or health service. 0 = Single Facility Admitted Patient Care 1 = Contract Service Provided at this Facility 2 = Not a Contract Service Provided at this Facility 3 = Full Care Purchased from a Private Facility 4 = Part Care Purchased from a Private Facility 5 = Part Care Obtained from another Public Facility 7 = Part Care Provided for another Public Facility 8 = Part Care Provided for a Private Facility R = Community Residential Formerly known as ’contract’. Country of birth (SACC) (country_of_birth_SACC) The country in which the patient was born Codes are Standard Australian Classification of Countries Formerly known as ‘cobsacc’. Country of usual residence (country_of_usual_residence) The country where the patient's home address is located. Codes are Standard Australian Classification of Countries Previously not available.
DRG mode of separation (drg_mode_of_separation) Status at separation of person (discharge / transfer / and place to which the person is released (where applicable). The values used for DRG Mode of Separation are as defined by the National Health Data Dictionary for 'Mode of Separation'. Previously not available. From 2014-15 this variable is only available for public hospitals. Department of Veterans Affairs card type (DVA_card_type) Indicates the type of Veterans Affairs card 1 =White Card 2 = Gold Card 3 = Orange Card Formerly as ‘DVAtype’.
Emergency status (emergency_status_recode) Urgency of admission. Indicates whether or not, in the opinion of the treating clinician, the admission was an emergency, that is, care or treatment was required within 24 hours. Applies to Public Hospital data only Emergency status has been re-coded as follows: if source of referral =’Type change admission’' then emergency status is re-coded to ‘3’ (Urgency Not Assigned). if emergency status =’ 4’ then emergency status is re-coded to ‘ 3’. if emergency status recode =’ 5’ then emergency status is re-coded to ‘ 2. 1 = Emergency 2 = Non-Emergency/Planned 3 = Urgency Not Assigned 4 = Maternity/Newborn 5 = Regular Same Day Planned Admissions Formerly known as ‘emergncy’. Emergency Department Status (ed_status) A flag that indicates whether a patient during an episode of care has been treated within the emergency department, and if so, whether they were also admitted to a ward. 1 =Entire episode within ED (for Level >=3) only 2= Episode includes ED (for Level >=3) and ward 3= Episode with no ED involvement 4= Entire episode within ED (for Level 1 or 2) only 5= Episode includes ED (for Level 1 or 2) and ward 9= Not assigned Previously not available.
Financial class (financial_class) This information should be determined by the hospital based on the patient’s Medicare eligibility, election to be treated by a hospital or hospital doctor, election of single or private room accommodation, Compensable status, DVA status, same day/overnight status, etc. See Attachment 2 – Financial Class Formerly known as ‘fin_class’. This variable is available for public hospitals only. Financial program (financial_program) The code used to represent the financial program recorded for an episode of care to indicate the type of service under which the episode was categorised. 2 = Primary & Community Based Services 4 = Emergency Services 5 = Acute Services 8 = Mental Health Services 9 = Rehabilitation & Extended Care Formerly known as ‘program’. This variable is available for public hospitals only.
Financial sub program (financial_sub_program) A code to identify the various components of the mental health financial program to aid in the identification of service specific activities, and the identification of where the primary episode of care costs were incurred. B = Child & Adolescent Care C = General & Adult Care D = People Psychiatric Care E = Forensic Psychiatric Care Previously not available. This variable is available for public hospitals only. Health insurance on admission (health_insurance_on_admit) Indicates whether the person receiving the inpatient service is insured with top cover or basic cover, or not insured at the time of admission. This variable is not intended to indicate whether or not the person utilises hospital benefit entitlements. 0 = No cover – private patient 1 = Full – private patient 2 = Basic cover – private patient 3 = No cover 4 = Ancillary cover only – private patient 5 = No cover – public patient 6 = Full – public patient 7 = Basic cover – public patient 8 = Ancillary cover only – public patient 9 = Unknown/Not stated ** Other** = invalid data Formerly known as ‘inssat’.
Source of referral (source_of_referral_recode) The source from which the person was referred to the hospital. Refer to data custodian for codes for historical years of data Source of referral has been by adding a leading zero to values 0-9. 00 = Born in Hospital 01 = 'Emergency Department 02 = Community Health 03 = Outpatients 04 = Hospital in same Health Service 05 = Other Hospital/Day Procedure Centre 06 = Nursing Home/ Residential Aged Care Facility 07 =Medical Practitioner other than Private Psychiatric Practice 08 = Other Agency 09 = Type Change Admission 10 = Private Psychiatric Practice 11 = Law Enforcement Agency 12 = Mental Health Crisis Team 13 = Relative 14 = Self 15 = Unknown 16 = Collaborative Care Facility Formerly as ‘srcrefc’. Service Related (SRG) This variable classifies patients according to the type of speciality service they principally receive. See Attachment 6 – Service Related Groups Also known as ‘SRG’ previously. From 2014-15 this variable is only available for public hospitals.
Attachment 6 – Service Related Groups Code Description 11 Cardiology 12 Interventional Cardiology 13 Dermatology 14 Endocrinology 15 Gastroenterology 16 Diagnostic GI Endoscopy 17 Haematology 18 Immunology & Infections 19 Medical Oncology 20 Chemotherapy 21 Neurology 22 Renal Medicine 23 Renal Dialysis 24 Respiratory Medicine 25 Rheumatology 26 Pain Management 27 Non Subspecialty Medicine 41 Breast Surgery 42 Cardiothoracic Surgery 43 Colorectal Surgery 44 Upper GIT Surgery 45 Head & Neck Surgery 46 Neurosurgery 47 Dentistry 48 Ear, Nose & Throat 49 Orthopaedics 50 Ophthalmology 51 Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 52 Urology 53 Vascular Surgery 54 Non Subspecialty Surgery 61 Transplantation 62 Extensive Burns 63 Tracheostomy 71 Gynaecology 72 Obstetrics 73 Qualified Neonate 74 Unqualified Neonate 75 Perinatology 81 Drug & Alcohol 82 Psychiatry - Acute 83 Psychiatry - Non Acute 84 Rehabilitation 85 Non Acute Geriatric 86 Palliative Care 87 Maintenance 99 Unallocated