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Patients requiring same day acute care will fall into one of three categories (see Figure 1 below). Patients need to meet at least one of the criteria outlined in Sections 2.2.2 to 2.2.4 (below), to be considered appr...
‘Care type’ refers to the overall nature of a clinical service provided to an admitted patient during an episode of admitted patient care. Correct assignment of care type for admitted patient episodes will ensure that...
The proportions of hospitalisations for each care type varied by hospital sector. Public hospitals accounted for 61% of hospitalisations for Acute care, while private hospitals accounted for 82% of hospitalisations fo...
In Victoria, over 20 years ago public hospitals were first classified into tiered levels, based on patient and care complexity, to guide minimum nursing and midwifery staffing levels. This was introduced as a componen...
Classifications provide a nationally consistent method of classifying all types of patients, their treatment and associated costs. Episodes of admitted acute care are assigned disease and intervention codes by health ...
Patients are usually admitted to hospital either as an emergency or as a booked admission. Emergency admission patients are usually admitted through the Accident and Emergency Department: these are seriously injured o...
In Queensland, there are 3 outpatient urgency categories with recommended timeframes for consultation: Non-urgent (Category 3) – specialist consultation recommended within 365 days of being added to the outpatient wai...
Classifications are comprised of codes that provide clinically meaningful ways of relating the types of hospital patients and aged care residents receiving care to the resources required to deliver that care.
The nature of the services provided to an admitted patient during an episode of care can be described in several ways, including by a broad category of service and by a diagnosis group.
There are different types of hospital admissions depending on the nature of the patient’s medical condition and the urgency of treatment needed. Here are some of the most common types of hospital admissions: What is E...
