Informal carer—number of hours of care provided, total hours NNNNN

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Informal carer hours of care provided
METEOR identifier:	498129
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
Definition:	The total number of hours of physical needs, help, or comfort were actually provided by an informal carer.
Data Element Concept:	Informal carer—number of hours of care provided

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Total

Data type:

Number

Format:

NNNNN

Maximum character length:

Unit of measure:

Hour (h)

Guide for use:

Total hours expressed as 00000, 00001, 00425 etc.

Guide for use:

The number of hours may vary across a reference period, so an estimate of the usual or typical hours available may need to be provided.

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

DSS specific attributes +
*DSS specific information:* This item should be collected with reference to a typical week. This item should be collected separately for each care recipient, and the total hours of care provided across all care recipients can then be calculated.