Service episode—service cessation reason, NDA code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Service cessation reason |
Synonymous names: | Main reason for cessation of services |
METEOR identifier: | 680362 |
Registration status: | Disability, Standard 15/12/2017 |
Definition: | The reason a National Disability Agreement service user ceased to receive a service from a service type outlet, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Service episode—service cessation reason |
Value Domain: | Reason for NDA service cessation code N[N] |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | The main reason for cessation of services must relate to the service type outlet ID (and associated service type). The Service episode—episode end date, DDMMYYYY must also be completed. |
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Comments: | Reason for cessation of service provides information about the circumstances surrounding the ending of a service user’s receipt of services from a service type outlet. This data item contributes to a general understanding of the patterns of transition and service user movements into and out of the support services. Reason for cessation of services also gives some indication of the relationship between service user turnover, factors relating to the service type outlet’s operations and changes in service user needs and circumstances. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Disability Data Network (NDDN) |
Reference documents: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016. Disability Services National Minimum Data Set: data guide, July 2016. Cat. no. DAT 4. Canberra: AIHW. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Service episode—service cessation reason, NDA code N[N] Disability, Superseded 15/12/2017 See also Service episode—service cessation reason, disability code N[N] Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Disability Services NMDS 2017–18 Disability, Superseded 05/07/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Conditional obligation: In the Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), this data element is only answered for service users who have stopped receiving services from the service type outlet. Otherwise it is left blank. DSS specific information: The 'Service episode—episode end date, DDMMYYYY' and 'Service event—last service provision date, DDMMYYYY' should also be completed for service users who have exited. Disability Services NMDS 2018–19 Disability, Standard 05/07/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Conditional obligation: In the Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), this data element is only answered for service users who have stopped receiving services from the service type outlet. Otherwise it is left blank. DSS specific information: The 'Service episode—episode end date, DDMMYYYY' and 'Service event—last service provision date, DDMMYYYY' should also be completed for service users who have exited. |