Percentage of patients separated from an acute designated mental health ward who (or their Carer) received one or more mental health service contacts while in the community within 7 days following their discharge.

Count of separations from acute designated mental health wards with recorded community mental health service contact (patient or carer) dated within seven days of discharge.

Count of separations from acute designated mental health wards.

Separations where hospital admission date is equal to hospital separation date; Separations where length of stay is one night only and procedure codes for ECT or TMS are recorded; Statistical and change of care type separations; Separations that end by transfer to another acute or psychiatric hospital; Separations that have Referral for Further Health Care = 11 (Residential mental health service); Separations that end in death or left against medical advice/discharge at own risk; Separations that end by transfer to community residential mental health services; Follow-up contacts occurring on the date of separation (i.e., follow-up is +1 to 7 days after separation date), based on differences in date (not time); community mental health service contacts on the day of separations and contacts where a consumer does not participate.

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Admitted Patient Care (APC), formerly Integrated South Australian Activity Collection (ISAAC)/ Community Mental Health Systems (CBIS, CCCME). All hospitals are required to submit data to APC monthly. APC forms part of the Admitted Patient Care National Minimum Data Set through submission to AIHW.

SA Health Service Agreements 2023-2024. Not publicly reported based on current evidence.

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