Patient—insulin start date, YYYY
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Year insulin started |
| METEOR identifier: | 269928 |
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| Definition: | The year the patient started insulin injections. |
| Context: | Public health, health care and clinical settings. |
| Data Element Concept: | Patient—insulin start date |
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Representational attributes | |||||
| Representation class: | Date | ||||
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| Data type: | Date/Time | ||||
| Format: | YYYY | ||||
| Maximum character length: | 4 | ||||
Data element attributes | |||||
Collection and usage attributes | |||||
| Guide for use: | Record the year that insulin injections were started. This data element has to be completed for all patients who use insulin. It is used to cross check diabetes type assignment. | ||||
| Collection methods: | Ask the individual the year when he/ she started to use insulin. Alternatively obtain this information from appropriate documentation, if available. | ||||
Source and reference attributes | |||||
| Submitting organisation: | National diabetes data working group | ||||
| Origin: | National Diabetes Outcomes Quality Review Initiative (NDOQRIN) data dictionary | ||||
Relational attributes | |||||
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes  Year insulin started, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.1 KB) No registration status | ||||
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