Payment status on Indicates the See Attachment 5 Payment Status on Formerly known as – ‘payst_v4’. separation payment status of Separation (payment_status_on_sep) the patient. Peer group (peer_group) Facility peer See Attachment 6 ISC Yellow Book peer group Formerly known as – ‘hcdbpeer’. grouping. The grouping is updated annually by the Department of Health. Therefore, a number of hospitals are classified into different peer groups in different years. This is one of the variables required in order to identify services provided in an acute hospital.
Payment status on separation (payment_status_on_sep) Indicates the payment status of the patient. See Attachment 5 – Payment Status on Separation Formerly known as ‘payst_v4’. Peer group (peer_group) Facility peer grouping. The grouping is updated annually by the Department of Health. Therefore, a number of hospitals are classified into different peer groups in different years. This is one of the variables required in order to identify services provided in an acute hospital. See Attachment 6 – ISC Yellow Book peer group Formerly known as ‘hcdbpeer’.
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