Number of non-acute care overnight separations
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Definition
Number of non-acute care overnight separations per 1,000 population, by care type
Indicator Summary
Non-acute care includes separations with a care type of rehabilitation, palliative care, geriatric evaluation and management, psychogeriatric care, or maintenance care.
Numerator is restricted to overnight admissions (date of admission and date of separation are different).
Rates directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.
Analysis by state and territory is based on location of service.
Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA …
2009–10—Nationally, by care type, by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles
2007–08 (resupplied for revised Indigenous and SEIFA analysis), and 2009–10—State and territory, by care type (and total), by:
- hospital sector
- Indigenous status
- remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
- SEIFA IRSD quintiles
Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication. National disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable.
Calculation rules
- Description
Non-acute care includes separations with a care type of rehabilitation, palliative care, geriatric evaluation and management, psychogeriatric care, or maintenance care.
Numerator is restricted to overnight admissions (date of admission and date of separation are different).
Rates directly age-standardised to the 2001 Australian population.
Analysis by state and territory is based on location of service.
Analysis by remoteness and SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual residence of person.
Presented per 1,000 population.
Number of non-acute care overnight separations
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- Data Element
- Hospital service—care type, code N[N].N
Total population
2009–10—Nationally, by care type, by SEIFA Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) deciles
2007–08 (resupplied for revised Indigenous and SEIFA analysis), and 2009–10—State and territory, by care type (and total), by:
- hospital sector
- Indigenous status
- remoteness (Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Structure)
- SEIFA IRSD quintiles
Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication. National disaggregation by Indigenous status will be based on data only from jurisdictions for which the quality of Indigenous identification is considered acceptable.
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