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Registered health professional—hours worked in non-clinical role, total hours NNN

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Hours worked in health profession - non-clinical

METeOR identifier:

375305

Registration status:

Health, Standard 10/12/2009

Definition:

The total number of hours a health professional worked in a non-clinical role in their registered profession.

Context:

Health labour force

Data Element Concept:

Registered health professional—hours worked in non-clinical role

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Total

Data type:

String

Format:

NNN

Maximum character length:

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
999	Not stated/inadequately described

Unit of measure:

Hour (h)

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

Total hours expressed as 000, 001 etc.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

Total hours worked are for both employed and self-employed health professionals.

Total hours worked in non-clinical role includes:

time spent as an administrator, teacher/educator, researcher or other non-clinician role in the profession; and
travel to home visits or calls out.

Total hours worked in non-clinical role excludes:

time spent in the diagnosis, care and treatment of patients;
time travelling between work locations; and
unpaid professional and/or voluntary activities.

Registered health professionals on leave at the time of registration are asked to report their usual hours worked.

Collection methods:

Total hours worked refers to hours worked in the week before registration.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

See also Registered health professional—hours worked in clinical role, total hours NNN Health, Standard 10/12/2009

See also Registered health professional—hours worked in health profession, total hours NNN Health, Standard 10/12/2009

See also Registered health professional—hours worked in private sector, total hours NNN Health, Standard 10/12/2009

See also Registered health professional—hours worked in public sector, total hours NNN Health, Standard 10/12/2009

See also Work setting hours cluster Health, Standard 10/12/2009

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