Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269445 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Health, Recorded 13/05/2008 Tasmanian Health, Standard 23/11/2016 |
Definition: | The date on which an agency receives a client referral from another party. |
Context: | Many providers collect the date of referral because it has administrative importance. It can be used in the calculation of response times and for performance indicators that measure the provision of service. Can also be used to measure work-load (i.e. the number of referrals coming to a particular agency). This may be measured for particular clients or particular types of services. |