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Specialised mental health service setting code N

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Definition

A code set representing specialised mental health service settings.

Representation

Data Type Number
Format N
Maximum character length 1

Values

Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Admitted patient care setting
2 Residential care setting
3 Ambulatory care setting
Supplementary Values 9 Unknown/not stated/inadequately described

Comments

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Admitted patient care setting

The component of specialised mental health services that provides admitted patient care. These are specialised psychiatric hospitals and specialist psychiatric units located within hospitals that are not specialised psychiatric hospitals. Excludes hospital outpatient clinics.

CODE 2 Residential care setting

The component of specialised mental health services that provides residential care within residential mental health services. Excludes components that provide ambulatory care to patients or clients who are not residents.

CODE 3 Ambulatory care setting

The component of specialised mental health services that provides ambulatory care (service contacts). They include hospital outpatient clinics and non-hospital community mental health services, such as crisis or mobile assessment and treatment services, day programs, outreach services and consultation/liaison services.

References


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

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