Perinatal NMDS

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:

Data Set Specification

METeOR identifier:

273043

Registration status:

Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

DSS type:

National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)

Scope:

The scope of this minimum data set is all births in Australia in hospitals, birth centres and the community. The data set includes information on all births, both live and stillborn, of at least 20 weeks gestation or 400 grams birth weight.

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:

National reporting arrangements

State and territory health authorities provide the data to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for national collation, on an annual basis.

Periods for which data are collected and nationally collated

Financial years ending 30 June each year.

Implementation start date:

01/07/2005

Implementation end date:

30/06/2006

Comments:

Statistical units are entities from or about which statistics are collected or in respect of which statistics are compiled, tabulated or published.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

National Health Information Group

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Has been superseded by Perinatal NMDS Health, Superseded 06/09/2006

Supersedes Perinatal, NMDS, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (117.1 KB)

Metadata items in this Data Set Specification

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Seq No.	Metadata item	Obligation	Max occurs
-	Birth event—birth plurality, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Birth event—delivery method, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Birth event—labour onset type, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Birth event—setting of birth (actual), code N	Mandatory	1
-	Birth event—state/territory of birth, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Birth—birth order, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Birth—birth status, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Birth—birth weight, total grams NNNN *DSS specific information:* For the provision of state and territory hospital data to Commonwealth agencies this metadata item must be consistent with diagnoses and procedure codes for valid grouping.	Mandatory	1
-	Episode of admitted patient care—separation date, DDMMYYYY *DSS specific information:* For the provision of state and territory hospital data to Commonwealth agencies this field must: be ≤ last day of financial year be ≥ first day of financial year be ≥ Admission date	Mandatory	1
-	Establishment—organisation identifier (Australian), NNX[X]NNNNN	Mandatory	1
-	Female (pregnant)—estimated gestational age, total weeks NN	Mandatory	1
-	Person—country of birth, code (SACC 1998) NNNN	Mandatory	1
-	Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY *DSS specific information:* Data collection systems must be able to differentiate between the date of birth of the mother and the baby(s). This is important in the Perinatal data collection as the date of birth of the baby is used to determine the antenatal length of stay and the postnatal length of stay.	Mandatory	1
-	Person—Indigenous status, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Person—person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)]	Mandatory	1
-	Person—sex, code N	Mandatory	1