Person—medication type, medication type (ATC/DDD) code A[{NN}AA{NN}]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Medication type |
METEOR identifier: | 365469 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 25/08/2011 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Definition: | The type of prescribed medication administered to a person, as represented by a code |
Context: | Public health, health care and clinical settings. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—medication type |
Value Domain: | Medication type (ATC/DDD) code A[{NN}AA{NN}] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | The Anatomical, Therapeutic, Chemical Classification System with Defined Daily Doses (ATC/DDD) | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | String | |
Format: | A[{NN}AA{NN}] | |
Maximum character length: | 7 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Origin: | World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology 2009. ATC/DDD Index 2010. Norway: Norwegian Institute of Public Health. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Person—medication type, text [X(40)] Health, Standard 28/04/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Prisoner health medication type dispensed cluster Health, Standard 29/05/2024 DSS specific information: Information on medication type is included in the Prisoner Health NBEDS as the National Prisoner Health Indicators include the indicator: Proportion of prisoners in custody who received medication during the data collection period. The list of medications relevant to the Prisoners in custody prescription medications NBEDS includes:
Prisoners in custody prescription medications NBEDS Health, Superseded 29/05/2024 DSS specific information: Information on medication type is included in the Prisoner Health NBEDS as the National Prisoner Health Indicators include the indicator: Proportion of prisoners in custody who received medication during the data collection period. The list of medications relevant to the Prisoners in custody prescription medications NBEDS includes: Antidepressants (ATC/DDD code N06A)
Prisoners in custody prescription medications NBEDS 2018 Health, Superseded 29/05/2024 DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following question of the Repeat Medications Form: 7. Medication type prescribed (repeats only): Information on medication type is included in the Prisoner Health NBEDS as the National Prisoner Health Indicators include the indicator: Proportion of prisoners in custody who received medication during the data collection period. The list of medications relevant to the Prisoners in custody prescription medications NBEDS includes: Antidepressants/mood stabilisers (ATC/DDD code N06A) Prisoners in custody repeat medications DSS Health, Superseded 28/04/2016 DSS specific information: Information on medication type is included in the Prisoner Health DSS as the National Prisoner Health Indicators include the indicator: Proportion of prisoners in custody who received repeat medication. The list of medications relevant to the Prisoners in Custody Repeat Medications DSS includes: Antidepressants (ATC/DDD code N06A) |
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