The level of resources and intensity of care which it is intended to provide or is provided in a particular WARD.
National Codes:
| For PATIENTS with mental illness |
| 51 | for intensive care: specially designated ward for PATIENTS needing containment and more intensive management. This is not to be confused with intensive nursing where PATIENTS may require one to one nursing while on a standard WARD |
| 52 | for short stay: PATIENTS intended to stay less than a year |
| 53 | for long stay: PATIENTS intended to stay a year or more |
| For neonates |
| 33 | maternity: associated with the maternity WARD in that cots are in the maternity WARD nursery or in the WARD itself |
| 32 | non-maternity: not associated with the maternity WARD and without designated cots for intensive care |
| 31 | not associated with the maternity WARD and in which there are some designated cots for intensive care |
| For the younger physically disabled |
| 21 | spinal units, only those units which are nationally recognised |
| 22 | other units |
| For general PATIENTS |
| 11 | for intensive therapy, including high dependency care |
| 12 | for normal therapy: where resources permit the admission of PATIENTS who might need all but intensive or high dependency therapy |
| 13 | for limited therapy: where nursing care rather than continuous medical care is provided. Such WARDS can be used only for PATIENTS carefully selected and restricted to a narrow range in terms of the extent and nature of disease |
Note: The classification has been listed in logical sequence rather than alphanumeric order.
This attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
| plural | CLINICAL CARE INTENSITIES |
