Definition
An episode of care for an admitted patient whose treatment and/or care is provided under an arrangement between a hospital purchaser of hospital care (contracting hospital) and a provider of an admitted service (contracted hospital), and for which the activity is recorded by both hospitals.
Components
Data Element
- Data Element Concept (this item)Episode of care—inter-hospital contracted patient status
- Object ClassEpisode of care
- PropertyInter-hospital contracted patient status
- Conceptual DomainNone
Comments
Context:
Admitted patient care:
To identify patients receiving services that have been contracted between hospitals. This metadata item is used to eliminate potential double-counting of hospital activity in the analysis of patterns of health care delivery and funding and epidemiological studies.
References
Related content
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| Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept | 2 |