DAYS OF SUPERVISED DISCHARGE

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DAYS OF SUPERVISED DISCHARGE is an optional data item note in the Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMD) collection record and should only be present if one or more SUPERVISED DISCHARGE EPISODE within the MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL have occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD.

It is the total number of supervised aftercare days within the MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL within the REPORTING PERIOD. Each period of supervised aftercare days is recorded by a SUPERVISED DISCHARGE EPISODE and there may be more than one such episode during the course of a MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL.

There is a START DATE and END DATE for each SUPERVISED DISCHARGE EPISODE and the calculation is based upon those supervised aftercare days which have occurred during the REPORTING PERIOD adjusted for where periods of supervised aftercare days overlap the START DATE and/or END DATE of the REPORTING PERIOD (this includes where the period of supervised aftercare days has not yet ended). Where such overlaps occur the START DATE and/or END DATE of the REPORTING PERIOD should be used instead of that of the SUPERVISED DISCHARGE EPISODE.

DAYS OF SUPERVISED DISCHARGE is the sum of the calculated periods of supervised aftercare days and should be recorded left justified with leading zeros.

 

This data element is also known by these names:

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plural DAYS OF SUPERVISED DISCHARGES