Hospital Casemix Protocol (HCP) data collection

The HCP data collection is a legislated data collection for all private health insurance funded admitted patient separations for which private health insurers have paid benefits. The data is collected by public and private hospitals, including day facilities, and then supplied to private health insurers, who in turn then submit the data to the Department of Health and Aged Care.De-identified information on admitted patient separations including information on patient demographics, clinical information, hospital charges, medical services, medical charges, prosthetic items, prosthetic charges, private health insurance and Medicare benefits, and consumer out-of pocket expenses.

HCP数据采集项目是一项法定数据采集项目，涵盖所有由私人健康保险资助且私人健康保险公司已完成赔付的住院患者出院结算案例。该数据由包括日间诊疗机构在内的公立与私立医院采集，随后提交给私人健康保险公司，再由这些保险公司将数据转交给卫生与老龄护理部（Department of Health and Aged Care）。本次采集的为住院患者出院结算的去标识化信息，涵盖患者人口统计学信息、临床信息、医院收费、医疗服务项目、医疗费用、假体耗材项目、假体耗材费用、私人健康保险与医疗保险（Medicare）赔付信息，以及患者自付费用。