Notes:
CARE DAYS (ACUTE HOME-BASED) is an optional data element in the Mental Health Minimum Data Set collection record. It should only be present if one or more Consultant Episode (Acute Home-Based) within the Adult Mental Health Care Spell has occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD.

It is the total number of care days within the REPORTING PERIOD. Each period of care days is recorded by a Consultant Episode (Acute Home-Based) and there may be more than one such episode during the course of an Adult Mental Health Care Spell.

There is a START DATE and END DATE for each for each Consultant Episode (Acute Home-Based) and the calculation is based upon those care days which have occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD adjusted for where periods of care days overlap the REPORTING PERIOD START DATE and/or REPORTING PERIOD END DATE (this includes where the period of care days has not yet ended). Where such overlaps occur the REPORTING PERIOD START DATE and/or REPORTING PERIOD END DATE should be used instead of that of the Consultant Episode (Acute Home-Based).

CARE DAYS (ACUTE HOME-BASED) is the sum of the calculated periods of care days and should be recorded left justified with leading zeros.

Consultant Episode (Acute Home-Based) is an ACTIVITY GROUP where the ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE is National Code 13 'Consultant Episode (Acute Home-Based)'.

Adult Mental Health Care Spell is an ACTIVITY GROUP where the ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE is National Code 23 'Adult Mental Health Care Spell'.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	CARE DAYS (ACUTE HOME-BASED)