Person—person identifier, identifier (Tasmanian) N(9)
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Tasmanian patient identifier |
| Synonymous names: | Tasmanian Health Client Index (THCI); Tasmanian patient identifier |
| METEOR identifier: | 416555 |
| Registration status: | Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 |
| Definition: | Patient identifier unique within Tasmanian public hospitals |
| Context: | The Tasmanian Health Client Index (THCI) is the Department of Health and Human Services statewide repository of client demographics. The THCI contains the demographics of each person who has presented in any of the Tasmanian public hospitals. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—person identifier |
| Value Domain: | Patient identifier (Tasmanian) N(9) |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Identifier | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N(9) | |
| Maximum character length: | 9 | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | Full Tasmanian Health Client Index number for an individual. |
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