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Address—address site name, text X[X(49)]

429252 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The official place name or culturally accepted common usage name for an address site, as represented by text.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Housing assistance, Indigenous, Disability, Aged Care

Address—address status identifier, code AAA

428979 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An official identifier assigned to an address for categorisation purposes, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability, Health

Address—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) NNNN

611398 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Australian numeric descriptor for a postal delivery area for an address.
Standard: Health, Children and Families, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Disability, Early Childhood, Indigenous, Homelessness, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care

Address—building/complex sub-unit type, code AA[AA]

429004 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Within a complex, an abbreviation used to distinguish the type of address found within a building/sub-complex or marina.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability, Health, Aged Care

Address—complex road name, text X[X(44)]

429376 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The name of the road/thoroughfare of an address within a complex, as represented by text.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Housing assistance, Disability, Aged Care

Address—complex road number 1, road number XXXXXX

429268 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An alphanumeric identifier of an address, or the start number for a ranged address, in the road or thoroughfare within a complex.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Housing assistance, Disability, Aged Care

Address—complex road number 2, road number XXXXXX

429264 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An alphanumeric identifier for the last number for a ranged address in the road or thoroughfare in which a complex is located.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Housing assistance, Disability, Aged Care

Address—complex road suffix, street suffix code A[A]

429397 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An abbreviation representing the suffix of the road/thoroughfare of an address within a complex, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability, Health, Aged Care

Address—complex road type, code AA[AA]

429387 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An abbreviation used to distinguish the type of road or thoroughfare of an address within a complex.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Housing assistance, Disability, Aged Care

Address—electronic communication address, text X[X(1099)]

522692 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A unique combination of characters used as input to electronic communication equipment for the purpose of contacting an entity, as represented by text.
Standard: Health, Indigenous, Disability

Address—floor/level type, code A[AAA]

429016 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An abbreviation, forming part of an address within a complex, used to distinguish the type of floor/level within a multi-storey building or sub-complex, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Disability, Aged Care

Address—geocode containment indicator, yes/no code N

430494 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An indicator of whether the geocode for an address is contained within the address site, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Disability

Address—geocode feature, text X[X(29)]

430313 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The physical or virtual features associated with the geocode for an address point, as represented by text.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Disability

Address—geocode geographic datum, text X[X(9)]

430325 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The reference model of the earth's surface used in the measurement of the geocode position of the address point, as represented by text.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Disability

Address—geocode height, total metres N[NNNN].NNN

430483 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The height of an address point on the earth, measured in metres, above or below a specified reference vertical datum.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Disability

Address—geocode latitude, decimal degrees XN[N][.N(9)]

430445 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The geographic latitude of an address point on the earth, measured in decimal degrees north or south of the equator.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Health, Disability, Aged Care

Address—geocode longitude, decimal degrees XN[NN][.N(9)]

430469 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The geographic longitude of an address point on the earth, measured in decimal degrees east or west of the Greenwich Meridian.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Health, Disability, Aged Care

Address—geocode positional uncertainty, total metres N[NNN].NNN

430490 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The horizontal uncertainty of the geocode for an address site, measured in total metres.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Disability

Address—geocode vertical datum, text X[X(9)]

430339 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The reference datum of the height above sea level, used in the measurement of the geocode position of the address point, as represented by text.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Disability

Address—international country code, N[NNNN]

434151 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The standard international country code, used in conjunction with landline telephone, mobile telephone and facsimile numbers that also describes the location of an entity, as represented by a one-to-five digit number.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability, Health

Address—level number, identifier X[XXXX]

429068 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A number, forming part of the address within a complex, used to identify a floor or level of a multi-storey building/sub-complex.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Housing assistance, Disability, Aged Care

Address—location descriptor, text X[X(49)]

430302 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A description of the location of an address relative to another physical site, as represented by text.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Health, Disability, Aged Care

Address—lot number, identifier X[XXXXX]

429543 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The reference number, forming part of an address, allocated to a property for subdivision administration purposes prior to road numbering, as represented by an alphanumeric identifier.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Health, Disability, Aged Care

Address—physical address indicator, yes/no code N

428950 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An indicator of whether an address reflects a geographical place, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Health, Disability

Address—postal delivery number, identifier X[X(10)]

430107 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An alphanumeric identifier, forming part of an address, used to identify the channel of postal delivery.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Health, Disability, Aged Care

Address—postal delivery point identifier, identifier {N(8)}

430306 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A unique number created by Australia Post for an address.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability, Health
Recorded: Aged Care

Address—postal delivery service type identifier, code AA[A(9)]

430096 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An identifier, forming part of an address, for the channel of postal delivery, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Disability, Health, Aged Care

Address—purpose of address, code AA[A]

428932 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The role or use of the address in relation to a person, as represented by a code
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Disability, Aged Care

Address—road name, text X[X(44)]

429747 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The name of the road or thoroughfare applicable to the address site or complex, as represented by text.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Housing assistance, Indigenous, Disability, Aged Care

Address—road number 1, road number XXXXXX

429586 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An alphanumeric identifier for an address or start number in a ranged address in a road or thoroughfare.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Housing assistance, Disability, Indigenous, Aged Care

Address—road number 2, road number XXXXXX

429594 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An alphanumeric identifier for the last number for a ranged address in the road or thoroughfare.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Housing assistance, Disability, Indigenous, Aged Care

Address—road suffix, street suffix code A[A]

429869 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The abbreviation used to represent a road or thoroughfare applicable to the address site or complex, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Disability, Aged Care

Address—road type, code AA[AA]

429840 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An abbreviation used to distinguish the type of road or thoroughfare applicable to the address site/complex.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Housing assistance, Indigenous, Disability, Aged Care

Address—secondary complex name, text X[X(49)]

429404 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The name associated with a building or area within a complex site, which forms part of the address, as represented by text.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Housing assistance, Disability, Aged Care

Address—sub-dwelling unit number, identifier X[X(6)]

429012 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
A numeric identifier used to distinguish an address within a building/sub-complex or marina.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Housing assistance, Indigenous, Disability, Aged Care

Address—suburb/town/locality name, text X[X(45)]

429889 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The name of the locality/suburb of the address, as represented by text.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Health, Tasmanian Health, Housing assistance, Homelessness, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice, Aged Care

Date—accuracy indicator, code AAA

294429 | Data Element | Standards Australia
An indicator of the accuracy of the components of a reported date, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Disability

Organisation—organisation name, text X[X(199)]

453823 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The full title of an organisation's name by which it trades or is recognised, as represented by text.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Health, Indigenous, Disability, Youth Justice
Qualified: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Person—activity and participation life area, code (ICF 2001) AN[NNN]

320125 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
The life area in which a person participates or undertakes activities, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—activity and participation life area, disability code N

621184 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The life area in which a person participates or undertakes activities, as represented by a code.
Standard: Disability, Health

Person—activity and participation life area, disability flag code N

505720 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The life area in which a person participates or undertakes activities, as represented by a code.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Disability, Health

Person—area of usual residence, geographical location code (ASGC 2011) NNNNN

455536 | Data Element
Geographical location of usual residence of the person, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Early Childhood, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Disability

Person—body function, code (ICF 2001) AN[NNNN]

320141 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
The physiological or psychological function of a person's body system, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—body structure, code (ICF 2001) AN[NNNN]

320147 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
An anatomical part of a person's body such as organs, limbs or their components, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN

659454 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The country in which the person was born, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Tasmanian Health, Disability, Homelessness, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care

Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY

287007 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The date of birth of the person, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Tasmanian Health, WA Health, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Indigenous, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice, Australian Teacher Workforce Data Oversight Board, Aged Care
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired), Commonwealth Department of Health
Recorded: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Person—environmental factor, code (ICF 2001) AN[NNN]

320207 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
The physical, social and attitudinal environment in which people live and conduct their lives, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—extent of environmental factor influence, code (ICF 2001) [X]N

320198 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
The degree to which a specified environmental factor influences the body function or structure, the activity or participation of a person, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—extent of impairment of body function, code (ICF 2001) N

320138 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
A person's degree of impairment in a specified body function, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—extent of impairment of body structure, code (ICF 2001) N

320165 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
A person's degree of impairment in a specified body structure, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—extent of participation in a life area, code (ICF 2001) N

320219 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
The degree of participation by an individual in a specified life area, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—first language spoken, code (ASCL 2011) NN{NN}

460120 | Data Element
The language the person identifies as being the first language that they could understand to the extent of being able to conduct a conversation, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Disability
Superseded: Homelessness

Person—Indigenous status, code N

602543 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Whether a person identifies as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Disability, Children and Families, Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Indigenous, Homelessness, Youth Justice, Aged Care
Qualified: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Superseded: Tasmanian Health

Person—informal carer existence indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

621393 | Data Element | Department of Health and Aged Care
An indicator of whether a person has an informal carer, as represented by a code.
Standard: Disability, Health

Person—interpreter service required, yes/no code N

304294 | Data Element
Whether an interpreter service is required by or for the person, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Tasmanian Health
Superseded: Disability

Person—labour force status, code N

621450 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The self-reported status the person currently has in being either in the labour force (employed/unemployed) or not in the labour force, as represented by a code.
Standard: Disability, Homelessness, Health

Person—letters of family name, text XXX

349481 | Data Element
The combination of 2nd, 3rd and 5th letters of a person's family name.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Person—letters of given name, text XX

349483 | Data Element
The combination of the 2nd and 3rd letters of a person's given name.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Early Childhood, Homelessness, Health, Disability, Children and Families, Youth Justice

Person—level of difficulty with activities in life areas, code (ICF 2001) N

320120 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
The level of difficulty a person has in performing the tasks and actions involved in specified life areas, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—level of satisfaction with participation in a life area, code N

320216 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
The degree to which a person is satisfied with their involvement in a specified life area, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—location of impairment of body structure, code (ICF 2001) N

320177 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
The location of a person's impairment in a specified body structure, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—nature of impairment of body structure, code (ICF 2001) N

320171 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
The qualitative or quantitative change of a person's impairment in a specified body structure, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—need for assistance with activities in a life area, code N

320213 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) which is the Australian Collaborating Centre for the World Health Organization Family of International Classifications.
The level of help and/or supervision a person requires (or would require if the person currently helping/supervising was not available) to perform tasks and actions in a specified life area, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—need for assistance with activities in a life area, disability code N

680510 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The level of help and/or supervision a person requires (or would require if the person currently helping/supervising was not available) to perform tasks and actions in a specified life area, as represented by a code.
Standard: Disability, Health

Person—non-school qualification indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N

376009 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
An indicator of whether a person has attained a non-school qualification, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Person—person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)]

290046 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Person identifier unique within an establishment or agency.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Early Childhood, Indigenous, Disability, Youth Justice
Retired: National Health Performance Authority (retired)

Person—proficiency in spoken English, code N

270203 | Data Element
A person's self-assessed level of ability to speak English, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Disability

Person—year of first arrival in Australia, date YYYY

269929 | Data Element
The year a person (born outside of Australia) first arrived in Australia, from another country, with the intention of staying in Australia for one year or more.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Housing assistance, Homelessness, Disability

Service provider organisation—feedback collection indicator, yes/no code N

290438 | Data Element | Palliative Care Intergovernmental Forum
Whether feedback relating to services and service delivery is actively and routinely collected from clients and staff within a service provider organisation, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

Service provider organisation—number of service operation days (7 day period), total N[N]

323188 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Community Services Data Committee
The actual number of days per week that the agency is usually open for the provision of service.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Indigenous, Disability

Service provider organisation—number of service operation hours (24 hour period), total NN

270376 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The actual number of hours per day that the agency is open for the provision of service.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Indigenous, Disability

Service provider organisation—number of service operation weeks (calendar year), total NN

270377 | Data Element | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The actual number of weeks per year that the agency is open for the provision of service.
Standard: Community Services (retired), Health, Indigenous, Disability
Superseded: Early Childhood

Service provider organisation—standards assessment indicator, yes/no code N

356457 | Data Element | Palliative Care Intergovernmental Forum
Whether a service provider organisation routinely undertakes or undergoes formal assessment against defined industry standards, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Indigenous, Disability

Service provider organisation—standards assessment level, code N

359019 | Data Element | Palliative Care Intergovernmental Forum
The level of assessment undertaken or undergone by a service provider organisation against relevant industry standards, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Indigenous, Disability

Service provider organisation—standards assessment method, code N

287762 | Data Element | Palliative Care Intergovernmental Forum
The method used by a service provider organisation to undertake or undergo formal assessment against defined industry standards, as represented by a code.
Standard: Health, Community Services (retired), Disability

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