Service provider organisation—Australian state/territory identifier, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Australian state/territory identifier (service provider organisation)
METEOR identifier:	289083
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 07/12/2005 Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021
Definition:	An identifier of the Australian state or territory where an organisation or agency can be located, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Service provider organisation—Australian state/territory identifier

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	New South Wales
2	Victoria
3	Queensland
4	South Australia
5	Western Australia
6	Tasmania
7	Northern Territory
8	Australian Capital Territory
9	Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

The order presented here is the standard for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Other organisations (including the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) publish data in state order based on population (that is, Western Australia before South Australia and Australian Capital Territory before Northern Territory).

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:

Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC). Cat No. 1216.0. Canberra: ABS.

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Collection methods:

Irrespective of how the information is coded, conversion of the codes to the ABS standard must be possible.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Origin:

Health Data Standard Committee

National Community Services Data Committee

Reference documents:

AS4846 Health Care Provider Identification, 2004, Sydney: Standards Australia

AS5017 Health Care Client Identification, 2002, Sydney: Standards Australia

In AS4846 and AS5017 alternative codes are presented. Refer to the current standard for more details.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement NMDS - 1 July 2006 Community Services (retired), Superseded 14/12/2008

DSS specific attributes +

Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement NMDS (July 2008)Community Services (retired), Superseded 11/11/2009

DSS specific attributes +

Community housing and Indigenous community housing service provider organisation address details cluster Housing assistance, Standard 01/05/2013
Indigenous, Standard 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* This DSS uses abbreviated state and territory names (e.g. NSW, Vic etc.), rather than code values. It does not collect Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)'.

Disability Services NMDS 2009-10 Community Services (retired), Superseded 15/12/2011

DSS specific attributes +

Disability Services NMDS 2010-11 Community Services (retired), Superseded 15/12/2011

DSS specific attributes +

Disability Services NMDS 2011-12 Community Services (retired), Superseded 13/03/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2010 Early Childhood, Superseded 07/06/2011

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2010

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2011 Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2011 *DSS specific information:* This item refers to the location at which the preschool program is delivered.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2012 Early Childhood, Superseded 08/04/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2013 Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2013 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the physical location at which the preschool program is delivered.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2014 Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2015 Early Childhood, Standard 01/06/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2016 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2016 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2017 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2017 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2017 *Implementation end date:* 01/06/2018 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered.

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2018 Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2018 *DSS specific information:* Should be reported for the physical location at which the early childhood education program is delivered.

Health care provider identification DSS Health, Superseded 04/07/2007

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* When used specifically in the collection of address information for a client, the following local implementation rules may be applied: NULL may be used to signify an unknown address State; and Code 0 may be used to signify an overseas address.

Health care provider identification DSS Health, Superseded 03/12/2008

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* When used specifically in the collection of address information for a client, the following local implementation rules may be applied: NULL may be used to signify an unknown address State; and Code 0 may be used to signify an overseas address.

Health care provider identification DSS Health, Retired 20/03/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* When used specifically in the collection of address information for a client, the following local implementation rules may be applied: NULL may be used to signify an unknown address State; and Code 0 may be used to signify an overseas address.

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2012-14 Health, Superseded 21/11/2013
Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2012 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2014

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/03/2015
Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2014 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2015

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2015-17 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2017

Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017–18 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 22/10/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2017 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2018

Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 02/04/2019

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2018 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2019

Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2019 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2020

SAAP Administrative National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)Community Services (retired), Retired 01/07/2011

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* This item is collected for the postal address of the SAAP agency and for the postal address of the Auspice. An agency may or may not be responsible to an Auspice (the governing body).

Service provider organisation address details cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* This DSS uses abbreviated state and territory names (e.g. NSW, Vic etc.), rather than code values. It does not collect Code 9 'Other territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Jervis Bay Territory)'.

Implementation in Indicators:

Used as Numerator

National Indigenous Reform Agreement: PI 17-The proportion of Indigenous children (by geographic location as identified by the ASGC), who are enrolled in (and attending, where possible to measure) a preschool program, 2012 Indigenous, Superseded 13/06/2013

Service provider organisation—Australian state/territory identifier, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes

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