Health service event—first service contact date, DDMMYYYY
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
---|---|
Short name:![]() | First health service contact date |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 447930 |
Registration status:![]() | Health, Standard 07/12/2011 |
Definition:![]() | The date on which first contact is made between a health care provider and one or more persons for assessment, care, consultation and/or treatment, expressed as DDMMYYYY. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Health service event—first service contact date |
Value Domain:![]() | Date DDMMYYYY |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class:![]() | Date | |
---|---|---|
Data type:![]() | Date/Time | |
Format:![]() | DDMMYYYY | |
Maximum character length:![]() | 8 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
---|
Data element attributes | |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | See also Health service event—service request received date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 07/12/2011 |
---|---|
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Lung cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 DSS specific information: Use this data element to record the date a patient presents for the first time to a lung or cancer specialist. This consultation may occur prior to diagnosis so the specialist is involved in the diagnostic process or after the diagnosis of lung cancer has been made so the specialist is involved in the treatment of cancer. A lung or cancer specialist is defined as a consultant in any of the following specialties: respiratory medicine, cardio-thoracic surgery, clinical oncology, medical oncology and radiation oncology.Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 DSS specific information: Use this data element to record the date a patient presents for the first time to a lung or cancer specialist. This consultation may occur prior to diagnosis so the specialist is involved in the diagnostic process or after the diagnosis of lung cancer has been made so the specialist is involved in the treatment of cancer. A lung or cancer specialist is defined as a consultant in any of the following specialties: respiratory medicine, cardio-thoracic surgery, clinical oncology, medical oncology and radiation oncology. Radiotherapy waiting times DSS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 13/11/2013 Implementation start date: 01/07/2012 Implementation end date: 30/06/2013 Conditional obligation: Every record must contain either this item or Patient—radiotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY. DSS specific information: This is the date of the patient's first ever consultation at a particular establishment with a radiation oncologist. Subsequent consultations the patient has at the same establishment (with the same or different radiation oncologist or for the same or a new diagnosis) are not within scope of the RWT DSS. |