- | Principal area of clinical practice | 270144 | String
[3]
| A11 | General Practitioner (GP)/primary medical care practitioner - general practice | A12 | GP/primary medical care practitioner - a special interest area (specified) | A21 | GP/primary medical care practitioner - vocationally registered | A22 | GP/primary medical care practitioner - holder of fellowship of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) | A23 | GP/primary medical care practitioner - RACGP trainee | A24 | GP/primary medical care practitioner - other | B31 | Non-specialist hospital (salaried) - Resident Medical Officer (RMO)/intern | B32 | Non-specialist hospital (salaried) - other hospital career | B41 | Non-specialist hospital (salaried) - holder of Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of Training | B42 | Non-specialist hospital (salaried) - RACGP trainee | B44 | Non-specialist hospital (salaried) - other | B51 | Non-specialist hospital (salaried) - specialist (includes private and hospital) | B52 | Non-specialist hospital (salaried) - specialist in training (e.g. registrar) | B90 | Non-specialist hospital (salaried) - not applicable | C01 | Nurse labour force - mixed medical/surgical nursing | C02 | Nurse labour force - medical nursing | C03 | Nurse labour force - surgical nursing | C04 | Nurse labour force - operating theatre nursing | C05 | Nurse labour force - intensive care nursing | C06 | Nurse labour force - paediatric nursing | C07 | Nurse labour force - maternity and obstetric nursing | C08 | Nurse labour force - psychiatric/mental health nursing | C09 | Nurse labour force - developmental disability nursing | C10 | Nurse labour force - gerontology/geriatric nursing | C11 | Nurse labour force - accident and emergency nursing | C12 | Nurse labour force - community health nursing | C13 | Nurse labour force - child health nursing | C14 | Nurse labour force - school nursing | C15 | Nurse labour force - district/domiciliary nursing | C16 | Nurse labour force - occupational health nursing | C17 | Nurse labour force - private medical practice nursing | C18 | Nurse labour force - independent practice | C19 | Nurse labour force - independent midwifery practice | C20 | Nurse labour force - no one principal area of practice | C98 | Nurse labour force - other (specify) | C99 | Nurse labour force - unknown/inadequately described/not stated |
| 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. |
- | Type and sector of employment establishment | 269954 | String
[2]
| 01 | Private medical practitioner rooms/surgery (including 24-hour medical clinics) | 02 | Other public non-residential health care facility (e.g. Aboriginal health service, ambulatory centre, outpatient clinic, day surgery centre, medical centre, community health centre) | 03 | Other private non-residential health care (e.g. Aboriginal health service, ambulatory centre, outpatient clinic, day surgery centre, medical centre, community health centre) | 04 | Hospital - acute care (including psychiatric or specialist hospital) hospital (public) | 05 | Hospital - acute care (including psychiatric or specialist hospital) hospital (private) | 06 | Residential health care (e.g. nursing home, hospice, physical disabilities residential centre) facility (public) | 07 | Residential health care (e.g. nursing home, hospice, physical disabilities residential centre) facility (private) | 08 | Tertiary education institution (public) | 09 | Tertiary education institution (private) | 10 | Defence forces | 11 | Government department or agency (e.g. laboratory, research organisation etc.) | 12 | Private industry/private enterprise (e.g. insurance, pathology, bank) | 13 | Other (specified) public | 14 | Other (specified) private | 99 | Unknown/inadequately described/not stated |
| 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. |
- | Hours worked by health professional | 270134 | String
[3]
| 999 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| 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. |
- | Profession labour force status of health professional | 270476 | Number
[2]
| 1 | Employed in the profession: working in/practising the reference profession - in reference State | 2 | Employed in the profession: working in/practising the reference profession - mainly in other State(s) but also in reference State | 3 | Employed in the profession: working in/practising the reference profession - mainly in reference State but also in other State(s) | 4 | Employed in the profession: working in/practising the reference profession - only in State(s) other than reference State | 5.1 | Employed elsewhere, looking for work in the profession: in paid work not in the field of profession but looking for paid work/practice in the profession - seeking either full-time or part-time work | 5.2 | Employed elsewhere, looking for work in the profession: in paid work not in the field of profession but looking for paid work/practice in the profession - seeking full-time work | 5.3 | Employed elsewhere, looking for work in the profession: in paid work not in the field of profession but looking for paid work/practice in the profession - seeking part-time work | 5.9 | Employed elsewhere, looking for work in the profession: in paid work not in the field of profession but looking for paid work/practice in the profession - seeking work (not stated) | 6.1 | Unemployed, looking for work in the profession: not in paid work but looking for work in the field of profession - seeking either full-time or part-time work | 6.2 | Unemployed, looking for work in the profession: not in paid work but looking for work in the field of profession - seeking full-time work | 6.3 | Unemployed, looking for work in the profession: not in paid work but looking for work in the field of profession - seeking part-time work | 6.9 | Unemployed, looking for work in the profession: not in paid work but looking for work in the field of profession - seeking work (not stated) | 7 | Not in the labour force for the profession: not in work/practice in the profession and not looking for work/practice in the profession | 8 | Not in the labour force for the profession: working overseas | 9 | Unknown/not stated |
| 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. |
- | Classification of health labour force job | 270140 | String
[3]
| A01 | Medicine - General practitioner working mainly in general practice | A02 | Medicine - General practitioner working mainly in a special interest area | A03 | Medicine - Salaried non-specialist hospital practitioner: Resident medical officer or intern | A04 | Medicine - Salaried non-specialist hospital practitioner: other hospital career medical officer | A05 | Medicine - Specialist | A06 | Medicine - Specialist in training (e.g. registrar) | B01 | Dentistry (private practice only) - Solo practitioner | B02 | Dentistry (private practice only) - Solo principal with assistant(s) | B03 | Dentistry (private practice only) - Partnership | B04 | Dentistry (private practice only) - Associateship | B05 | Dentistry (private practice only) - Assistant | B06 | Dentistry (private practice only) - Locum | C01 | Nursing - Enrolled nurse | C02 | Nursing - Registered nurse | C03 | Nursing - Clinical nurse | C04 | Nursing - Clinical nurse consultant/supervisor | C05 | Nursing - Nurse manager | C06 | Nursing - Nurse educator | C07 | Nursing - Nurse researcher | C08 | Nursing - Assistant director of nursing | C09 | Nursing - Deputy director of nursing | C10 | Nursing - Director of nursing | C11 | Nursing - Tutor/lecturer/senior lecturer in nursing (tertiary institution) | C12 | Nursing - Associate professor/professor in nursing (tertiary institution) | C98 | Nursing - Other (specify) | D01 | Pharmacy (community pharmacist) - Sole proprietor | D02 | Pharmacy (community pharmacist) - Partner-proprietor | D03 | Pharmacy (community pharmacist) - Pharmacist-in-charge | D04 | Pharmacy (community pharmacist) - Permanent assistant | D05 | Pharmacy (community pharmacist) - Reliever, regular location | D06 | Pharmacy (community pharmacist) - Reliever, various locations | E01 | Pharmacy (Hospital/clinic pharmacist ) - Director/deputy director | E02 | Pharmacy (Hospital/clinic pharmacist ) - Grade III pharmacist | E03 | Pharmacy (Hospital/clinic pharmacist ) - Grade II pharmacist | E04 | Pharmacy (Hospital/clinic pharmacist ) - Grade I pharmacist | E05 | Pharmacy (Hospital/clinic pharmacist ) - Sole pharmacist | F01 | Podiatry - Own practice (or partnership) | F02 | Podiatry - Own practice and sessional appointments elsewhere | F03 | Podiatry - Own practice and fee-for-service elsewhere | F04 | Podiatry - Own practice, sessional and fee-for-service appointments elsewhere | F05 | Podiatry - Salaried podiatrist | F06 | Podiatry - Locum, regular location | F07 | Podiatry - Locum, various locations | F08 | Podiatry - Other (specify) | G01 | Physiotherapy - Own practice (or partnership) | G02 | Physiotherapy - Own practice and sessional appointments elsewhere | G03 | Physiotherapy - Own practice and fee-for-service elsewhere | G04 | Physiotherapy - Own practice, sessional and fee-for-service appointments elsewhere | G05 | Physiotherapy - Salaried physiotherapist | G06 | Physiotherapy - Locum, regular location | G07 | Physiotherapy - Locum, various locations | C99 | Nursing - Unknown/inadequately described/not stated |
| 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
|
- | Principal role of health professional | 270145 | Number
[1]
| 1 | Clinician | 2 | Administrator | 3 | Teacher/educator | 4 | Researcher | 5 | Public health/health promotion | 6 | Occupational health | 7 | Environmental health | 9 | Unknown/inadequately described/not stated |
| 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. |
- | Hours on-call (not worked) by medical practitioner | 270138 | String
[3]
| 999 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| 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. |
- | Hours worked by medical practitioner in direct patient care | 270137 | String
[3]
| 999 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| 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. |
- | Total hours worked by a medical practitioner | 270136 | String
[3]
| 999 | Not stated/inadequately described |
| 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. |
- | Date of birth | 287007 | Date/Time
[8]
| DDMMYYYY
The day of a particular month and year. | |