Skip to content Learn about the access keys available for Aristotle.Cloud

Hospital patient funding source code NN

This item has been superseded by a newer version by one or more Registration Authorities.

Definition

A code set representing the source of funds for a hospital patient.

Representation

Data Type String
Format NN
Maximum character length 2

Values

Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 01 Australian Health Care Agreements
02 Private health insurance
03 Self-funded
04 Worker's compensation
05 Motor vehicle third party personal claim
06 Other compensation (e.g. public liability, common law, medical negligence)
07 Department of Veterans' Affairs
08 Department of Defence
09 Correctional facility
10 Other hospital or public authority (contracted care)
11 Reciprocal health care agreements (with other countries)
12 Other
Supplementary Values 99 Not known

Comments

Guide for use:

CODE 01 Australian Health Care Agreements

CODE 11 Reciprocal health care agreements (with other countries)

Australian Health Care Agreements (code 01) should be recorded as the funding source for admitted patients who elect to be treated as public patients. However, overseas visitors who are covered by a reciprocal health care agreement and elect to be treated as public patients (as detailed at http://www.health.gov.au/haf/docs/visthlth/2000hlth.htm#rhca) should be recorded as Reciprocal health care agreement (code 11).

CODE 03 Self-funded

This code includes funded by the patient, by the patient's family or friends, or by other benefactors.

CODE 07 Department of Veterans' Affairs

This code should be used for Department of Veterans' Affairs patients (as defined in the metadata item Treatment funding eligibility status (Department of Veterans Affairs).

Compensable patients (as defined in the metadata item Compensable status, should be recorded as Worker's compensation (code 04), Motor vehicle third party personal claim (code 05) or Other compensation (code 06), as appropriate.

CODE 12 Other

This code should be used for overseas visitors for whom travel insurance is the major funding source.

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

Related content

Relation Count
Data Elements implementing this Value Domain 1