Individual demographic identifiers cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Set Specification
METEOR identifier:	528542
Registration status:	Health, Standard 05/10/2016
DSS type:	Data Element Cluster
Scope:	The Individual demographic identifiers cluster defines the data elements that may be used, where relevant, to maximise the likelihood of positive identification of an individual. These data elements should only be collected where required for the identification of the person or provider.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Reference documents:

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Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia.

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

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Metadata items in this Data Set Specification

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Seq No.	Metadata item																				Obligation	Max occurs
1	Person—sex, code N																				Optional	1
2	Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY																				Optional	1
3	Person—mother’s original family name, text X[X(39)]																				Optional	1
4	Person—date of birth follow-up indicator, yes/no code N *Conditional obligation:* To be recorded when the date accuracy indicator associated with date of birth does not equal AAA.																				Conditional	1
5	Birth event—birth plurality, code N																				Optional	1
6	Birth—birth order, code N *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on a multiple birth.																				Conditional	1
7	Person—locality of birth, text X[X(59)]																				Optional	1
8	Person—administrative division of birth, text X[X(59)]																				Optional	1
9	Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2016) NNNN																				Optional	1
10	Person—date of death, DDMMYYYY *Conditional obligation:* Recorded for a person who has died.																				Conditional	1
11	Person—source of death notification, code X[X] *Conditional obligation:* A valid date of death must be present.																				Conditional	1
12	Person—death notification reversal comment, text X[X(199)] *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on the Person—source of death notification, code N being equal to 4.																				Conditional	1
13	Person—death notification reversal date, DDMMYYYY *Conditional obligation:* Conditional on the Person—source of death notification, code N being equal to 4.																				Conditional	1
14	Date—accuracy indicator, code AAA																				Mandatory	3