DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE

Description

The destination of a PATIENT on completion of a Hospital Provider Spell.

This includes a National Code to indicate a PATIENT death or a stillbirth.

Note: National Codes 55 'Care Home Services with Nursing' and 56 'Care Home Services without Nursing' have been updated in Data Dictionary Change Notice 1897 "Care Homes". The Data Set specifications that contain this item will be updated in the next version of the Information Standard where it is not already correct.

DISCHARGE DESTINATION will be replaced with DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE, which is the most recent approved national information standard to describe the required definition.

Code	Description
19	Usual place of residence unless listed below, for example, a private dwelling whether owner occupied or owned by Local Authority, housing association or other landlord. This includes wardened accommodation but not residential accommodation where health care is provided. It also includes PATIENTS with no fixed abode.
29	Temporary place of residence when usually resident elsewhere (includes hotel, residential Educational Establishment)
30	Repatriation from high security psychiatric accommodation in an NHS Hospital Provider (NHS Trust or NHS Foundation Trust)
37	Court
40	Penal establishment
42	Police Station / Police Custody Suite
48	High Security Psychiatric Hospital, Scotland
49	NHS other Hospital Provider - high security psychiatric accommodation
50	NHS other Hospital Provider - medium secure unit
51	NHS other Hospital Provider - WARD for general PATIENTS or the younger physically disabled
52	NHS other Hospital Provider - WARD for maternity PATIENTS or Neonates
53	NHS other Hospital Provider - WARD for PATIENTS who are mentally ill or have Learning Disabilities
55	Care Home Services with Nursing
56	Care Home Services without Nursing
66	Local Authority foster care
79	PATIENT died or stillbirth
84	Independent Sector Healthcare Provider run hospital - medium secure unit
87	Independent Sector Healthcare Provider run hospital - excluding medium secure unit
88	Hospice
89	ORGANISATION responsible for forced repatriation

This attribute is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
Plural	DESTINATIONS OF DISCHARGE

Type	Link	How used
Class	ACTIVITY GROUP	has an attribute DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE of type DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE
Attribute	DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE	references in description DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE
Data Element	DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)	is the data element of DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE
Attribute	DISCHARGE DESTINATION	references in description DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE
Supporting Information	Organisation Mergers	references in description DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE
Data Element	PLANNED DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE (HOSPITAL PROVIDER SPELL)	references in description DESTINATION OF DISCHARGE