Definition
The date on which an admitted patient commences a phase of palliative care, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Components
Data Element (this item)
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Data Element ConceptEpisode of admitted patient care—palliative phase of care start date
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Object ClassEpisode of admitted patient care
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PropertyPalliative phase of care start date
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Value DomainDate DDMMYYYY
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Date DDMMYYYY ".| Data Type | Date/Time |
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| Format | DDMMYYYY |
| Maximum character length | 8 |
Comments
Guide for use:
The commencement date is the date on which an admitted palliative care patient commences a new palliative care phase type. Subsequent phase begin dates are equal to the previous phase end date.
References
Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration Assessment Toolkit. Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration, University of Wollongong, Wollongong. Viewed 19 September 2012, http://ahsri.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@chsd/@pcoc/
documents/doc/uow129133.pdf
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