Maternity model of care—midwifery caseload size, number N[NN]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Midwifery caseload size |
| METEOR identifier: | 558695 |
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| Definition: | The total estimated capped number of women (caseload) who will be cared for per year by each full-time equivalent primary midwife working in a midwifery caseload model of maternity care, as represented by a number. |
| Context: | Used in maternal and perinatal healthcare settings. |
| Data Element Concept: | Maternity model of care—midwifery caseload size |
Value domain attributes | ||||
Representational attributes | ||||
| Representation class: | Total | |||
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| Data type: | Number | |||
| Format: | N[NN] | |||
| Maximum character length: | 3 | |||
Data element attributes | ||||
Collection and usage attributes | ||||
| Guide for use: | This should be the total number of women per year that a midwife looks after in the role of primary midwife as a full-time equivalent midwife. If a model of care includes part-time midwives working as primary midwife then the caseload should be recalculated to reflect their caseload if they were working full-time. Do not count the number of women that the midwife is also caring for as a back-up midwife. | |||
| Collection methods: | Data are gathered using the Maternity Care Classification System (MaCCS) data collection questionnaire on an annual basis by every maternity service when classifying their models of care or when a new model of care is introduced. | |||
Source and reference attributes | ||||
| Submitting organisation: | National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit | |||
| Origin: | National Maternity Data Development Project (AIHW and NPESU), Maternity Care Classification System subproject. | |||
Relational attributes | ||||
| Related metadata references: | See also Maternity model of care—midwifery caseload indicator, yes/no code N
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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