Referral—referral source, code N[.N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Referral source |
METEOR identifier: | 297469 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 02/06/2005 |
Definition: | The person or agency responsible for the referral of a client to a service provider agency, as represented by a code. |
Context: | Source of referral is important in assisting in the analyses of inter-service client flow and for service planning. |
Data Element Concept: | Referral—referral source |
Value Domain: | Source of community service referral code N[.N] |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods: | Individual collections may like to expand categories further for example, by distinguishing between immediate family and non-immediate family. In addition, this item may be collected at the point of initial contact with an agency, or for other contact points as well, for the agency as a whole, or for different services provided by that agency. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Origin: | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) National Data Collection Agency 2001. National Data Collection Data Dictionary. Version 2. Unpublished |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Referral—referral source (community services), code N[.N] Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/06/2005 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Home and Community Care MDS 2009 Community Services (retired), Recorded 16/11/2009 Implementation start date: 11/05/2006 |
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