Maternity model of care—extent of continuity of carer

Metadata item type:	Data Element Concept
METEOR identifier:	562421
Registration status:	Health, Standard 14/05/2015
Definition:	The extent to which continuity of carer is provided within a model of maternity care.

Object Class attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Object class:	Maternity model of care
Definition:	The overarching design of how maternity care is delivered to a woman or women. This is a multidimensional concept that incorporates attributes of the women being cared for, the type of healthcare providers who provide the care and how and where the care is provided.
Context:	Used in maternal and perinatal healthcare settings.
Specialisation of:	Model of care
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.

Property attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Property:	Extent of continuity of carer
Definition:	The extent to which maternity care is provided predominantly by a single designated named carer with a maximum of three other carers involved in the provision of care.
Property group:	Labour characteristics

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.

Data element concept attributes

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:	National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit
Origin:	National Maternity Data Development Project (AIHW & NPESU), Maternity Care Classification System subproject.

Relational attributes

Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:	Maternity model of care—extent of continuity of carer, code N[N] Health, Standard 14/05/2015