Health labour force NMDS

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Set Specification
METEOR identifier:Help on this term273041
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 10/12/2009
DSS type:Help on this termNational Minimum Data Set (NMDS)
Scope:Help on this term

The scope of this set of data elements is all health occupations. National collections using this data set have been undertaken for the professions of medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, physiotherapy and podiatry, using labour force questionnaires in the annual renewal of registration to practice.

Collection and usage attributes

Statistical unit:Help on this termA health professional's labour force data
Collection methods:Help on this term

National reporting arrangements

State and territory health authorities provide the data to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for national collation, on an annual basis.

Periods for which data are collected and nationally collated

Financial years ending 30 June each year.

Implementation start date:Help on this term01/07/2005

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

National Health Information Group

Relational attributes

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Supersedes PDFHealth labour force, NMDS, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (113.4 KB) No registration status
Has been superseded by Registered health labour force NBEDS
  • Health, Standard 10/12/2009

Metadata items in this Data Set SpecificationHelp on this term

Seq No.Help on this termMetadata itemHelp on this termObligationHelp on this termMax occursHelp on this term
-Health professional—area of clinical practice (principal), code ANN

DSS specific information:

To analyse distribution of clinical service providers by the area of their principal clinical practice. Cross-classified with other data, this metadata item allows analysis of geographic distribution and profiles of population subsets. Required for health labour force modelling.

Mandatory1
-Health professional—establishment type (employment), industry code NN

DSS specific information:

To analyse distribution of service providers by setting (defined by industry of employer and sector), cross-classified with main type of work and/or specialty area.

Mandatory1
-Health professional—hours worked (in all jobs), total NNN

DSS specific information:

Value must be less than 127 (except for 999).

Important variable in relation to issues of economic activity, productivity, wage rates, working conditions etc. Used to develop capacity measures relating to total time available. Assists in analysis of human resource requirements and labour force modelling. Used to determine full-time and part-time work status and to compute full-time equivalents (FTE) (see entry for FTE). Often the definition for full-time or FTE differs (35, 37.5 and 40 hours) and knowing total hours and numbers of individuals allows for variances in FTE.

Mandatory1
-Health professional—labour force status, code N{.N}

DSS specific information:

This metadata item provides essential data for estimating the size and distribution of the health labour force, monitoring growth, forecasting future supply, and addressing work force planning issues. It was developed by the National Committee for Health and Vital Statistics during the 1980s and endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council in 1990 as a national minimum data set item for development of the national health labour force collections.

Mandatory1
-Health professional—occupation, code ANN

DSS specific information:

Distribution of a professional labour force across job classification categories cross-classified with other variables allows analysis of:

  • career progression
  • age and gender distribution
  • imputed salary/wage distribution
Mandatory1
-Health professional—principal role, code N

DSS specific information:

This metadata item provides information on the principal professional role of respondents who currently work within the broad context/discipline field of their profession (as determined by the metadata item Professional labour force status). Identification of clinicians provides comparability with other labour force collections that just include clinicians.

Mandatory1
-Medical practitioner—hours on-call, total NNN

DSS specific information:

Value must be less than 169 (except for 999).

Used in relation to issues of economic activity, productivity, wage rates, working conditions etc.

Used to develop capacity measures relating to total time available.

Assists in analysis of human resource requirements and labour force modelling.

Used to determine full-time and part-time work status and to compute full-time equivalents (FTE) (see entry for FTE). Often the definition for full-time or FTE differs (35, 37.5 and 40 hours) and knowing total hours and numbers of individuals allows for variances in FTE.

Mandatory1
-Medical practitioner—hours worked (in direct patient care), total NNN

DSS specific information:

Value must be less than 127 (except for 999).

Used in relation to issues of economic activity, productivity, wage rates, working conditions etc. Used to develop capacity measures relating to total time available. Assists in analysis of human resource requirements and labour force modelling.

Mandatory1
-Medical practitioner—hours worked, total NNN

DSS specific information:

Value must be less than 169 (except for 999).

Used in relation to issues of economic activity, productivity, wage rates, working conditions etc. Used to develop capacity measures relating to total time available. Assists in analysis of human resource requirements and labour force modelling. Used to determine full-time and part-time work status and to compute full-time equivalents (FTE) (see entry for FTE). Often the definition for full-time or FTE differs (35, 37.5 and 40 hours) and knowing total hours and numbers of individuals allows for variances in FTE.

Mandatory1
-Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYYMandatory1