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Service Unit Identifier

Table summarising information on the field: Service Unit Identifier

Title:	Service Unit Identifier
Name:	SUId
Type:	Char[6]
RecType:	COD
RecOrder:	14
Definition:	The unique identifier for the Service Unit of the Mental Health Service Organisation primarily responsible for providing the treatment and care during the Episode of Mental Health Care.
Domain:	NNNNNN: Unique Service Unit Identifier
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Comments:	Several guidelines apply to the way in which an organisation's mental health services are identified as service units. These are based on the minimum reporting that is required for the purposes of the National Minimum Data Set, particularly the NMDS - Mental Health Establishments. A Service Unit is defined as a discrete service provider unit within the Mental Health Service Organisation. Several guidelines apply to the way in which an organisation's mental health services are reported as service units. These are based on the minimum reporting that is required for the purposes of the National Minimum Data Set, particularly the NMDS - Mental Health Establishments. Admitted patient service units: Admitted patient service units should be differentiated by Target Population (General, Older Persons, Child & Adolescent, Youth and Forensic) and Program Type (Acute vs Other). For example, if a hospital had separate wards for Child & Adolescent and General Adult populations, these should be reported as separate service units.Similarly, if the hospital provided separate wards for Older Persons acute and Older Person other program types, this would require separate service units to be identified (that is, defined by the program type as well as the target population). The overarching principle is that the same service unit identification policy must be applied to the admitted patient service units data reported under NOCC and the NMDS - Mental Health Establishments. Residential service units: Residential service units should be differentiated by Target Population (General, Older Persons, Child & Adolescent, Youth and Forensic). Where possible, it is also desirable that residential service units identified in NOCC data correspond directly on one-to-one basis to those reported in the NMDS - Residential Mental Health Care. Ambulatory service units: Ambulatory service units should be differentiated by Target Population (General, Older Persons, Child & Adolescent, Youth and Forensic). Where an organisation provides multiple teams serving the same target population, these may be grouped and reported as a single Service Unit, or identified as individual Service Units in their own right. Where possible, it is also desirable that residential service units identified in NOCC data correspond directly on one-to-one basis to those reported in the NMDS - Community Mental Health Care. States should ensure that the Service Unit identifiers are unique across all service unit types (i.e. admitted patient, ambulatory care, residential care services). Identifiers used to supply data to NOCC in respect of a particular service unit should be stable over time - that is, unless there has been a significant change to the unit, the same identifier should be used from year to year of reporting. The Service Unit Identifier is reported at each Collection Occasion. Ideally, where a mental health servce provides mixed service types (eg, overnight inpatient care as well as ambulatory care), each component will be defined as a separate Service Unit and assigned a unique Service Unit Identifier.
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Label:	Service Unit Identifier