Antenatal care visit

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	461257
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020
Definition:	An intentional encounter between a pregnant woman and a midwife or doctor to assess and improve maternal and fetal well-being throughout pregnancy and prior to labour.
Context:	An antenatal care visit may occur in the following clinical settings: antenatal outpatients clinic specialist outpatient clinic general practitioner surgery obstetrician private room community health centre rural and remote health clinic independent midwife practice setting including home of pregnant female

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit
Reference documents:	CPIU (Clinical Practice Improvement Unit) 2006. 3Centre consensus guidelines on antenatal care. Melbourne:3Centres Collaboration.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Has been superseded by Antenatal care visit Health, Superseded 20/11/2019
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Expected setting for an antenatal care visit Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Female—number of antenatal care visits ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Female—number of antenatal care visits Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020 Female—number of antenatal care visits, total N[N] ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Female—number of antenatal care visits, total N[N] Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020 Indigenous primary health care: PI13a-Number of regular clients who had their first antenatal care visit within specified periods, 2013 Health, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous primary health care: PI13a-Number of regular clients who had their first antenatal care visit within specified periods, 2014 Health, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous primary health care: PI13a-Number of regular clients who had their first antenatal care visit within specified periods, 2015 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017 Indigenous primary health care: PI13a-Number of regular clients who had their first antenatal care visit within specified periods, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 17/10/2018 Indigenous primary health care: PI13a-Number of regular clients who had their first antenatal care visit within specified periods, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018 Indigenous primary health care: PI13b-Proportion of regular clients who had their first antenatal care visit within specified periods, 2013 Health, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous, Superseded 21/11/2013 Indigenous primary health care: PI13b-Proportion of regular clients who had their first antenatal care visit within specified periods, 2014 Health, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Superseded 13/03/2015 Indigenous primary health care: PI13b-Proportion of regular clients who had their first antenatal care visit within specified periods, 2015 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017 Indigenous primary health care: PI13b-Proportion of regular clients who had their first antenatal care visit within specified periods, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 17/10/2018 Indigenous primary health care: PI13b-Proportion of regular clients who had their first antenatal care visit within specified periods, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018 Maternity model of care NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Maternity model of care—expected setting for an antenatal care visit Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Maternity model of care—expected setting for an antenatal care visit, code N[N] Health, Standard 14/05/2015 National Health Performance Authority Healthy Communities: Percentage of women who gave birth and had at least one antenatal visit in the first trimester, 2010–2011 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Number of antenatal care visits ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Number of antenatal care visits Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 03/07/2020 Perinatal DSS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014 Perinatal DSS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 04/09/2015 Perinatal NBEDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Perinatal NBEDS 2017-18 Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Perinatal NBEDS 2018-19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Perinatal NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 07/03/2014 Perinatal NMDS 2014-18 Health, Superseded 02/08/2017 Perinatal NMDS 2018-19 ACT Health (retired), Candidate 14/08/2018 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018