Referral—formal referral source, homelessness code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Formal referral source |
METEOR identifier: | 695957 |
Registration status: | Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |
Definition: | The person, entity or agency responsible for the formal referral of a client to an agency, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Referral—referral source |
Value Domain: | Source of referral homelessness code N[N] |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Only formal referrals are collected in this data element. The list of sources of referrals in the classification or value domain are regarded as formal referrals. A formal referral is any form of verbal or written contact with the person, group or organisation from which the client could be referred. |
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Collection methods: | The permissible values for this data element are used to form the response categories to the question: 'From the referral list below please select one that represents the source of formal referral for this client.' |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Referral—formal referral source, homelessness code N[N] Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019- Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) NMDS, this item is only asked of clients. DSS specific information: In the SHS NMDS, this data element is collected at the date of presentation. This collection records a response of Don't Know (Code 99), which is equivalent to the code Don't know (Code 23) in the Standard. The collection also records a response of No formal referral (Code 88). |