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Ear nose and throat services patient cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Set Specification
METEOR identifier:Help on this term521709
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014
DSS type:Help on this termData Element Cluster
Scope:Help on this term

The ear, nose and throat services patient cluster contains data elements which collect information on where and when the consultation took place, name of the ENT specialist and demographic information on the person undergoing the consultation:

  • name and identifier of the community, town camp or homeland where the service was provided
  • ENT specialist's name
  • date of the consultation
  • patient's name 
  • date of birth
  • Medicare number
  • person identifier (Hospital Registration Number)
  • gender 
  • Carer's name.

Collection and usage attributes

Implementation start date:Help on this term01/04/2012

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Steward:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Stronger Futures Northern Territory: Ear, nose and throat (ENT) services DSS, 2012Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/04/2012


Metadata items in this Data Set SpecificationHelp on this term

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Seq No.Help on this termMetadata itemHelp on this termObligationHelp on this termMax occursHelp on this term
1Discrete Indigenous community—Indigenous community name, text AA[A(38)]

DSS specific information:

This data element records the name of the community, town camp or homeland where the service was provided.
Mandatory1
2Discrete Indigenous community—identifier, AANNA

DSS specific information:

This data element records the identifier of the community, town camp or homeland where the service was provided.
Mandatory1
3Service event—date of service, DDMMYYYYMandatory1
4Person (name)—given name, text X[X(39)]

DSS specific information:

This data element has a maximum occurrence of 3. The first occurrence is reported for the patient, the second occurrence is for the Carer and the third occurrence is reported for the specialist.
Mandatory3
5Person (name)—family name, text X[X(39)]

DSS specific information:

This data element has a maximum occurrence of 3. The first occurrence is reported for the patient, the second occurrence is for the Carer and the third occurrence is reported for the specialist.
Mandatory3
6Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYYMandatory1
7Person—gender, code NMandatory1
8Person—person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)]

DSS specific information:

This data element is used to record the Hospital Registration Number (HRN).

HRNs are allocated to people when they are born in Northern Territory public hospitals or when they first attend a Northern Territory public hospital to receive a service. It is a unique number that is not associated with a Medicare number.  As at May 2013, the HRNs are either 6 or 7 digits long but there is capacity to increase to more digits as required.

A person's HRN does not change.  It remains with them for the duration of their life.

Mandatory1
9Person—government funding identifier, Medicare card number N(11)Mandatory1
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