Source of referral The source from Formerly as Source of referral has been by adding a ‘srcrefc’. (source_of_referral_recode) which the person leading zero to values 0-9. was referred to the 00 = Born in Hospital hospital. Refer to 01 = 'Emergency Department data custodian for 02 = Community Health codes for historical 03 = Outpatients years of data 04 = Hospital in same Health Service 05 = Other Hospital/Day Procedure Centre 06 = Nursing Home/ Residential Aged Care Facility 07 =Medical Practitioner other than Private Psychiatric Practice 08 = Other Agency 09 = Type Change Admission 10 = Private Psychiatric Practice 11 = Law Enforcement Agency 12 = Mental Health Crisis Team 13 = Relative 14 = Self 15 = Unknown 16 = Collaborative Care Facility Service Related (SRG) This variable See Attachment 6 Service Related Groups Also known as previously. – ‘SRG’ classifies patients From 2014-15 this variable is only available for according to the public hospitals. type of speciality service they principally receive.
Source of referral (source_of_referral_recode) The source from which the person was referred to the hospital. Refer to data custodian for codes for historical years of data Source of referral has been by adding a leading zero to values 0-9. 00 = Born in Hospital 01 = 'Emergency Department 02 = Community Health 03 = Outpatients 04 = Hospital in same Health Service 05 = Other Hospital/Day Procedure Centre 06 = Nursing Home/ Residential Aged Care Facility 07 =Medical Practitioner other than Private Psychiatric Practice 08 = Other Agency 09 = Type Change Admission 10 = Private Psychiatric Practice 11 = Law Enforcement Agency 12 = Mental Health Crisis Team 13 = Relative 14 = Self 15 = Unknown 16 = Collaborative Care Facility Formerly as ‘srcrefc’. Service Related (SRG) This variable classifies patients according to the type of speciality service they principally receive. See Attachment 6 – Service Related Groups Also known as ‘SRG’ previously. From 2014-15 this variable is only available for public hospitals.
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