Person—person identifier, identifier (Tasmanian) N(9)
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Tasmanian patient identifier |
Synonymous names: | Tasmanian Health Client Index (THCI); Tasmanian patient identifier |
METEOR identifier: | 416555 |
Registration status: | Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 |
Definition: | Patient identifier unique within Tasmanian public hospitals |
Context: | The Tasmanian Health Client Index (THCI) is the Department of Health and Human Services statewide repository of client demographics. The THCI contains the demographics of each person who has presented in any of the Tasmanian public hospitals. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person—person identifier |
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METEOR identifier: | 287172 |
Registration status: | Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Standard 25/08/2005 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Early Childhood, Standard 08/04/2013 Health, Standard 04/05/2005 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 Indigenous, Standard 11/08/2014 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 |
Definition: | Person identifier unique within an establishment or agency. |
Context: | This item could be used for editing at the agency, establishment or collection authority level and, potentially, for record linkage. There is no intention that this item would be available beyond collection authority level. |
Object class: | Person |
Property: | Person identifier |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Patient identifier (Tasmanian) N(9) |
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Synonymous names: | Tasmanian Health Client Index (THCI) |
METEOR identifier: | 416551 |
Registration status: | Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 |
Definition: | A combination of numeric characters that uniquely identifies a Tasmanian patient. |
Context: | It is a system designed to manage client records and cross reference them across a number of systems. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Identifier | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N(9) | |
Maximum character length: | 9 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Full Tasmanian Health Client Index number for an individual. |
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