Person (name)—name suffix, text A[A(11)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Name suffix |
| METEOR identifier: | 287164 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 04/05/2005 Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 |
| Definition: | Additional term following a person's name used to identify a person when addressing them by name, whether by mail, by phone, or in person, as represented by text. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
| Data element concept: | Person (name)—name suffix |
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| METEOR identifier: | 269707 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |
| Definition: | Additional term following a person's name used to identify a person when addressing them by name, whether by mail, by phone, or in person. |
| Object class: | Person |
| Property: | Name suffix |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
| Value domain: | Name suffix text A[A(11)] |
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| METEOR identifier: | 270801 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 |
| Definition: | A combination of alphabetic characters that identify the suffix of a name. |
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Text | |
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| Data type: | String | |
| Format: | A[A(11)] | |
| Maximum character length: | 12 | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | Valid abbreviations from the Australian Standard AS4590-1999 Interchange of client information. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Origin: | Standards Australia 1999. Australian Standard AS4590-1999 Interchange of Client Information. Sydney: Standards Australia Standards Australia 2002. Australian Standard AS5017-2002 Health Care Client Identification. Sydney: Standards Australia |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | Mixed case should be used (rather than upper case only). Examples of name suffixes are 'Jr' for Junior and 'MP' for Member of Parliament. |
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| Collection methods: | A person’s name may have multiple Name suffixes. For the purpose of positive identification of a person, each Name suffix must have an associated Name suffix sequence number recorded. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Standards Australia |
| Origin: | National Health Data Committee National Community Services Data Committee |
| Reference documents: | AS4846 Health Care Provider Identification, 2004, Sydney: Standards Australia |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person (name)—name suffix, text A[A(11)] Community Services (retired), Superseded 25/08/2005 Health, Superseded 04/05/2005 Has been superseded by Person (name)—name suffix, text X[XXXX] Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Health care client identification DSS Health, Superseded 03/12/2008 Health care client identification DSS Health, Retired 20/03/2013 Health care provider identification DSS Health, Superseded 04/07/2007 Health care provider identification DSS Health, Superseded 03/12/2008 Health care provider identification DSS Health, Retired 20/03/2013 |