Definition
Representation
Data Type | String |
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Format | NN |
Maximum character length | 2 |
Values
Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
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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
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Data Elements implementing this Value Domain | 1 |