Maternity model of care—identifier, NNNNNN
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Maternity model of care identifier |
| METEOR identifier: | 573834 |
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| Definition: | A sequence of characters which uniquely identifies a maternity model of care, as represented by a number. |
| Context: | Used in maternal and perinatal healthcare settings. |
| Data Element Concept: | Maternity model of care—identifier |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Identifier | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | NNNNNN | |
| Maximum character length: | 6 | |
Data element attributes | ||
Collection and usage attributes | ||
| Guide for use: | The first character position should be the Australian state/territory identifier for the origin of the model of care. The remaining characters should be a unique number combination within each state or territory. | |
| 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: | Is formed using Establishment—Australian state/territory identifier, code N
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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