Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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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: | Total hours NNNNN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | NNNNN | |
Maximum character length: | 5 | |
Unit of measure: | Hour (h) |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Total hours expressed as 00000, 00001, 00425 etc. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
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. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Disability services carer details cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 10/04/2013 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 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. |