Ear nose and throat services patient cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Set Specification
METEOR identifier:	521709
Registration status:	Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014
DSS type:	Data Element Cluster
Scope:	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:

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01/04/2012

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Steward:

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

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

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*Implementation start date:* 01/04/2012

Metadata items in this Data Set Specification

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Seq No.	Metadata item																				Obligation	Max occurs
1	Discrete 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.																				Mandatory	1
2	Discrete 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.																				Mandatory	1
3	Service event—date of service, DDMMYYYY																				Mandatory	1
4	Person (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.																				Mandatory	3
5	Person (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.																				Mandatory	3
6	Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY																				Mandatory	1
7	Person—gender, code N																				Mandatory	1
8	Person—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.																				Mandatory	1
9	Person—government funding identifier, Medicare card number N(11)																				Mandatory	1