Maternity model of care—planned medical visit indicator, yes/no code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Planned medical visit indicator
METEOR identifier:	558770
Registration status:	Health, Standard 14/05/2015
Definition:	An indicator of whether there are a minimum number of planned visits with a medical practitioner scheduled for all women in 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—planned medical visit indicator

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Boolean

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

Some models of care include a minimum number of scheduled or planned visits to a medical practitioner for all women. These are planned as part of the model of care and not visits to a doctor as required for some women. Although the number of visits for individual women may vary depending on need, some models will have a minimum number of visits for all women (even 1 visit).

CODE 1 Yes

This code is used if a model of maternity care includes a schedule of planned visits to a medical practitioner. The number of visits with a medical practitioner may vary depending on the woman’s individual needs, however there is a minimum schedule of planned visits for all women intended within the model of care. These must be planned as part of the model of care and not referrals to a doctor as required for some women.

CODE 2 No

This code is used if a model of maternity care does not include a minimum number of planned visits to a medical practitioner. Women may still be referred to a doctor if needed but there is no minimum schedule of visits to a medical practitioner for all women included in the model of care.

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

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Maternity model of care NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015

DSS specific attributes +