Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Intended place of birth |
METEOR identifier: | 269980 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 |
Definition: | The intended place of birth at the onset of labour, as represented by a code. |
Context: | Perinatal care |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Birth event—setting of birth |
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METEOR identifier: | 269527 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 |
Definition: | The place where the birth occurred. |
Object class: | Birth event |
Property: | Setting of birth |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Birth setting code N |
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METEOR identifier: | 270575 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 |
Definition: | A code set representing the setting for a birth event. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments: | The development of a definition of a birth centre is currently under consideration by the Commonwealth in conjunction with the states and territories. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Code 1 Hospital, excluding birth centre Hospital, excluding birth centre, includes for women who have elective caesarean sections Code 4 Home Home, should be restricted to the home of the woman or a relative or friend. Code 8 Other Other, includes community (health) centres. |
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Comments: | Women who plan to give birth in birth centres or at home usually have different risk factors for outcome compared to those who plan to give birth in hospitals. Women who are transferred to hospital after the onset of labour have increased risks of intervention and adverse outcomes. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Perinatal Data Development Committee |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Birth event—intended setting of birth, code N Health, Superseded 03/12/2020 Is re-engineered from Intended place of birth, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (14.9 KB) No registration status |