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Notes:
DISCHARGES (MENTAL HEALTH) is optional in the Mental Health Minimum Data Set collection record. It should only be present if:
| a. | one or more Hospital Provider Spell within the Adult Mental Health Care Spell has a Discharge Date within the REPORTING PERIOD |
| and | |
| b. | where the Hospital Provider Spell contains at least one Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) where the main TREATMENT FUNCTION of the CONSULTANT is for an adult or mental illness MAIN SPECIALTY. The adult or mental illness MAIN SPECIALTIES being 700, 710,712, 713 and 715. |
It is the total number of such discharges from Hospital Provider Spell within the REPORTING PERIOD.
Hospital Provider Spell is an ACTIVITY GROUP where ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE is National Code 21 'Hospital Provider Spell'.
Adult Mental Health Care Spell is an ACTIVITY GROUP where ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE is National Code 23 'Adult Mental Health Care Spell'.
Discharge Date is the same as attribute ACTIVITY DATE where ACTIVITY DATE TIME TYPE is National Code 09 'Discharge Date'.
Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider) is an ACTIVITY GROUP where ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE is National Code 14 'Consultant Episode (Hospital Provider)'.
This data element is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| plural | DISCHARGES (MENTAL HEALTH) |