Person—glycosylated haemoglobin measurement result recorded indicator, yes/no code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Glycosylated haemoglobin measurement result recorded indicator
Synonymous names:	HbA1c measurement result recorded indicator; Blood sugar level recorded indicator
METEOR identifier:	441495
Registration status:	Health, Standard 07/12/2011 Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015
Definition:	An indicator of whether a person has had a glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) measurement result recorded, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—glycosylated haemoglobin measurement result recorded indicator

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Boolean

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

CODE 1 Yes

A person has had a glycosylated haemoglobin measurement result recorded.

CODE 2 No

A person has not had a glycosylated haemoglobin measurement result recorded.

Comments:

Glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) is an index of average blood glucose level for the previous 2 to 3 months and is used to monitor blood sugar control in people with diabetes.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2012-14 Health, Superseded 21/11/2013
Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for persons who have Type II diabetes.

DSS specific information:

In the Indigenous primary health care DSS, this data element is collected once for glycosylated haemoglobin measurement results recorded in the previous 6 months, and again for glycosylated haemoglobin measurement results recorded in the previous 12 months.

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/03/2015
Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for persons who have Type II diabetes.

DSS specific information:

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2015-17 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for persons who have Type II diabetes.

DSS specific information:

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

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for persons who have Type II diabetes.

DSS specific information:

In the Indigenous primary health care NBEDS, this data element is collected once for glycosylated haemoglobin measurement results recorded in the previous 6 months, and again for glycosylated haemoglobin measurement results recorded in the previous 12 months.

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

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for persons who have Type II diabetes.

DSS specific information:

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

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for persons who have Type II diabetes.

DSS specific information:

Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Retired 13/10/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021

Conditional obligation:

This item is only collected for persons who have Type II diabetes.

DSS specific information:

Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS December 2020 Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 31/12/2020

Conditional obligation:

Reporting against this data element is conditional on a person having a 'CODE 02 Type 2 diabetes' response to 'Person—diabetes mellitus status, code NN'.

DSS specific information:

In the ISPHC NBEDS 'type 2 diabetes' specifically excludes type 1 diabetes, secondary diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), previous GDM, impaired fasting glucose, and impaired glucose tolerance.

Data are provided to the AIHW twice, for glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) measurement results recorded within the previous 6 months and within the previous 12 months (up to the census date.)

In the ISPHC NBEDS only aggregated data with CODE 1 are provided to the AIHW.

Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS June 2021 Indigenous, Standard 03/07/2022

Implementation start date: 01/01/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021

Conditional obligation:

Reporting against this data element is conditional on a person having a 'CODE 02 Type 2 diabetes' response to 'Person—diabetes mellitus status, code NN'.

DSS specific information:

Data are provided to the AIHW twice, for glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) measurement results recorded within the previous 6 months and within the previous 12 months (up to the census date.)

In the ISPHC NBEDS only aggregated data with CODE 1 are provided to the AIHW.

Implementation in Indicators:

Used as Numerator

Indigenous primary health care: PI05a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded, 2012 Health, Superseded 23/02/2012

Indigenous primary health care: PI05a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded, 2013 Health, Superseded 21/11/2013
Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013

Indigenous primary health care: PI05a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded, 2014 Health, Superseded 13/03/2015
Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015

Indigenous primary health care: PI05a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded, 2015 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017

Indigenous primary health care: PI05a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 17/10/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 17/10/2018

Indigenous primary health care: PI05a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018

Indigenous primary health care: PI05a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded, 2018-2019 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

Indigenous primary health care: PI05a-Number of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded, June 2020 Health, Retired 13/10/2021
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

Indigenous primary health care: PI05b-Proportion of regular clients with Type II diabetes who have had an HbA1c measurement result recorded, 2012 Health, Superseded 23/02/2012