Client—injecting drug use status, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Injecting drug use status |
| METEOR identifier: | 270113 |
| Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 |
| Definition: | The client's use of injection as a method of administering drugs, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Client—injecting drug use status |
| Value Domain: | Injecting drug use status code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N | |
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Last injected three months ago or less |
| 2 | Last injected more than three months ago but less than or equal to twelve months ago | |
| 3 | Last injected more than twelve months ago | |
| 4 | Never injected | |
| Supplementary values: | 9 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Collection methods: | To be collected on commencement of treatment with a service. For clients whose treatment episode is related to the alcohol and other drug use of another person, this metadata item should not be collected. |
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| Comments: | This metadata item has been developed for use in clinical settings. A code that refers to a three-month period to define 'current' injecting drug use is required as a clinically relevant period of time. The metadata item may also be used in population surveys that require a longer timeframe, for example to generate 12-month prevalence rates, by aggregating Codes 1 and 2. However, caution must be exercised when comparing clinical samples with population samples. This metadata item is important for identifying patterns of drug use and harms associated with injecting drug use. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs National Minimum Data Set Working Group |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Client—injecting drug use status, code N Health, Standard 12/12/2018 Is re-engineered from  Injecting drug use status, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.8 KB)No registration status |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS Health, Superseded 21/03/2006 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2007-08 Health, Superseded 05/02/2008 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2008-10 Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2010-11 Health, Superseded 24/12/2010 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2011-12 Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 07/02/2013 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2013-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2015-18 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 |