Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Expected setting of birth |
Synonymous names: | Planned place of birth |
METEOR identifier: | 558725 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 14/05/2015 |
Definition: | The expected setting for a birth offered by a model of maternity care, as represented by a code. |
Context: | Used in maternal and perinatal healthcare settings. |
Data Element Concept: | Maternity model of care—expected setting of birth |
Value Domain: | Setting of birth care code N[N] |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The code set for this value domain has been set to correspond with the codes used in the Setting of maternity care code N[N] value domain. CODE 5 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service facility An Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS) is a primary health care service initiated and operated by the local Aboriginal community to deliver holistic, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate health care to the community which controls it (through a locally elected Board of Management). (Reference http://www.naccho.org.au/aboriginal-health/definitions/) CODE 9 Hospital - excluding birth centre This code is used for areas used for birthing in a hospital other than a birth centre (if one is present). These may be known by a variety of names such as a birth suite, delivery suite, labour ward, labour and delivery etc. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
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. |
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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 | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Maternity model of care NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 DSS specific information: Some models of care offer multiple options for where birth care is provided and all applicable codes should be used. |