Hospital census (of elective surgery waitlist patients)—census date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Data Element
Short name:Census date
METeOR identifier:270153
Registration status:Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Definition:Date on which the hospital takes a point in time (census) count of and characterisation of patients on the waiting list.
Data Element Concept:Hospital census (of elective surgery waitlist patients)—census date

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Date
Data type:Date/Time
Format:DDMMYYYY
Maximum character length:8

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:This date is recorded when a census is done of the patients on a waiting list.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:National Health Data Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Supersedes Census date, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (13.4 KB)

Is used in the formation of Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at a census date), total days N[NNN] Health, Superseded 13/12/2011

Is used in the formation of Elective surgery waiting list episode—waiting time (at a census date), total days N[NNN] Health, Standard 22/12/2011

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:
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Elective surgery waiting times (census data) DSS 1 January 2012-30 June 2012 Health, Retired 13/12/2011

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Elective surgery waiting times (census data) NMDS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

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Elective surgery waiting times (census data) NMDS 2006-09 Health, Superseded 03/12/2008

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Elective surgery waiting times (census data) NMDS 2009-12 Health, Superseded 13/12/2011

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Elective surgery waiting times (census data) NMDS 2012-13 Health, Standard 13/12/2011

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