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PATIENTS ADMITTED NUMBER is the total number of PATIENTS classified as booked admissions or WAITING LIST admissions, admitted from an ELECTIVE ADMISSION LIST to a Hospital Provider Spell as day case admissions within the REPORTING PERIOD. This includes PATIENTS who have been admitted and then are subsequently sent home without treatment.

It includes private PATIENTS and Overseas Visitors, it excludes elective planned admissions.

It is the total of number of elective admissions for PATIENTS where:

	a.	the ADMISSION OFFER OUTCOME of the OFFER OF ADMISSION is National Code 'Patient admitted - treatment commenced' or 'Patient admitted - treatment deferred'
and
	b.	the ADMISSION METHOD of the Hospital Provider Spell ACTIVITY GROUP is National Code 'Waiting list' or 'Booked'
and
	c.	the ACTIVITY DATE of the Hospital Provider Spell ACTIVITY GROUP recording the Start Date of the Hospital Provider Spell is within the period of the REPORTING PERIOD START DATE and the REPORTING PERIOD END DATE.
		Within the REPORTING PERIOD includes where the DATE is the same as the START DATE or END DATE
and
	d.	the PATIENT CLASSIFICATION of the Hospital Provider Spell ACTIVITY GROUP is National Code 'Day case admission'

 

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	PATIENTS ADMITTED NUMBERS