Person—person identifier, X(8)
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Patient primary identifier; Patient secondary identifier |
Synonymous names: | PER_IDENTIFIER_1; PER_IDENTIFIER_2; PERSON_IDENTIFIER |
METEOR identifier: | 643305 |
Registration status: | WA Health, Standard 01/06/2017 |
Definition: | A person identifier unique within an establishment or agency, as represented by an alphanumeric identifier. |
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: | Identifier X(8) |
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METEOR identifier: | 570648 |
Registration status: | WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 |
Definition: | A logical combination of alphanumeric characters that identify an entity. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Identifier | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | X(8) | |
Maximum character length: | 8 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This data item is a mandatory item for national reporting against the data element: Person-person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)] The synonymous names PER_IDENTIFIER_1 and PER_IDENTIFIER_2 are used for local reporting. The nationally reported data element has the synonymous name PERSON_IDENTIFIER. For confidentiality reasons, the PERSON_IDENTIFIER field is filled with zeros for national reporting. |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—person identifier, X(8) WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 See also Person—person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)] 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 Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2016-17 WA Health, Standard 30/05/2017 |