Service contact—service contact date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Service contact date
METEOR identifier:	270122
Registration status:	Health, Standard 01/03/2005 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Definition:	The date of service contact between a health service provider and patient/client.
Data Element Concept:	Service contact—service contact date
Value Domain:	Date DDMMYYYY

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Date
Data type:	Date/Time
Format:	DDMMYYYY
Maximum character length:	8

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	Requires services to record the date of each service contact, including the same date where multiple visits are made on one day (except where the visits may be regarded as a continuation of the one service contact). Where an individual patient/client participates in a group activity, a service contact date is recorded if the person's participation in the group activity results in a dated entry being made in the patient's/client's record.
Collection methods:	For collection from community based (ambulatory and non-residential) agencies.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Service contact—service contact date, DDMMYYYY Health, Recorded 07/05/2018 Is used in the formation of Person—number of service contact dates, total N[NN] Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Is re-engineered from Service contact date, version 1, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.1 KB) No registration status
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 15/02/2006 Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 04/07/2007 Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Cardiovascular disease (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 01/09/2012 Cardiovascular disease (clinical) NBPDS Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Cardiovascular disease (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 17/10/2018 Community mental health care NMDS 2004-05 Health, Superseded 08/12/2004 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2004 Implementation end date: 30/06/2005 DSS specific information: Collection of the date of each service contact with health service providers allows a description or profile of service utilisation by a person or persons during an episode of care. Diabetes (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 21/09/2005 Diabetes (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 21/09/2005
Implementation in Indicators:	Used as Numerator Immunisation rates for children, 2014–15 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Immunisation rates for children, 2012 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Superseded 27/03/2014 National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Immunisation rates for children, 2012–13 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Immunisation rates for children, 2013–14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Used as Denominator Immunisation rates for children, 2014–15 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Immunisation rates for children, 2012 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Superseded 27/03/2014 National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Immunisation rates for children, 2012–13 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 National Health Performance Authority, Healthy Communities: Immunisation rates for children, 2013–14 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016