Specialised mental health service—number of clients receiving services, total NNNNNN

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:

Data Element

Short name:

Number of clients receiving services

METeOR identifier:

425401

Registration status:

Health, Superseded 07/02/2013

Definition:

The total number of people or clients who received services provided by an ambulatory mental health care service unit.

Data Element Concept:

Specialised mental health service—number of clients receiving services

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Total

Data type:

Number

Format:

NNNNNN

Maximum character length:

Unit of measure:

Person

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

The total number of clients is reported by ambulatory mental health care service units to the Mental health establishments NMDS. The total should be a count of uniquely identifiable individuals at the service unit level, regardless of the registration status of the client, who are reported to the Community mental health care NMDS.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Has been superseded by Specialised mental health service—number of clients receiving services from an ambulatory mental health care service, total clients NNNNNN Health, Standard 07/02/2013

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

Mental health establishments NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 07/02/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2013