Version 2.77

Term Description

Identifies the person who is "in charge" of providing and coordinating the patient's care. A case manager hired to oversee care, but who does not provide any assistance is not considered the primary caregiver. This person may employ others to provide direct assistance, in which case "paid help" is considered the primary caregiver.
Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Primary caregiver
Property
Find
Time
Pt
System
^Patient
Scale
Nom
Method
OASIS

Normative Answer List: LL262-7

Answer Code Score Answer ID
No one person 0 LA6289-8
Spouse or significant other 1 LA6382-1
Daughter or son 2 LA6178-3
Other family member 3 LA6311-0
Friend or neighbor or community or church member 4 LA6202-1
Paid help 5 LA6320-1
UnknownCopyright http://snomed.info/sct ID:261665006 Unknown (qualifier value) UK LA4489-6

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.OASIS
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.19
Last Updated
Version 2.50

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
46462-8 Deprecated Outcome and assessment information set (OASIS) form - version B1

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