Person—AUDIT-C result recorded indicator, yes/no code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	AUDIT-C result recorded indicator
METEOR identifier:	585171
Registration status:	Health, Standard 13/03/2015 Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015
Definition:	An indicator of whether the person has had an AUDIT-C result recorded, as represented by a code. AUDIT-C is a 3-item alcohol screen that can help identify persons who are hazardous drinkers or have active alcohol use disorders (including alcohol abuse or dependence). It is a modified version of the 10 question the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) instrument.

Data element concept attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Data element concept:

Person—AUDIT-C result recorded indicator

METEOR identifier:

585106

Registration status:

Health, Standard 13/03/2015
Indigenous, Standard 13/03/2015

Definition:

An indicator of whether the person has had an AUDIT-C result recorded.

Object class:

Person

Property:

AUDIT-C result recorded indicator

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Value domain attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain:

Yes/no code N

METEOR identifier:

270732

Registration status:

ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018
Commonwealth Department of Health, Incomplete 22/01/2015
Community Services (retired), Standard 27/04/2007
Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010
Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010
Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012
Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014
National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/05/2020
WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015

Definition:

A code set representing 'yes' and 'no'.

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:

CODE 1: Yes

A person has had an AUDIT-C result recorded.

CODE 2: No

A person has not had an AUDIT-C result recorded.

Collection methods:

Each AUDIT-C question has 5 answer choices, which are rated from 0 to 5. The scores against the 3 questions are summed to arrive at the total score.

Comments:

A total score of 4 or more in males and 3 or more in females is considered positive, optimal for identifying hazardous drinking or active alcohol use disorders.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:

All attributes +

Indigenous primary health care DSS 2015-17 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2015 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2017

Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2017–18 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 22/10/2018

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2017 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2018

Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 02/04/2019

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2018 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2019

Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2019 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2020

Indigenous primary health care NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Retired 13/10/2021

DSS specific attributes +
*Implementation start date:* 01/07/2020 *Implementation end date:* 30/06/2021

Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS December 2020 Indigenous, Standard 14/07/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Indigenous-specific primary health care NBEDS June 2021 Indigenous, Standard 03/07/2022

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation in Indicators:

Used as Denominator

Indigenous primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of regular clients who had an AUDIT-C with result within specified levels, 2015 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016
Indigenous, Superseded 20/01/2017

Indigenous primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of regular clients who had an AUDIT-C with result within specified levels, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 27/02/2018

Indigenous primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of regular clients who had an AUDIT-C with result within specified levels, 2015-2017 Health, Superseded 17/10/2018
Indigenous, Superseded 17/10/2018

Indigenous primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of regular clients who had an AUDIT-C with result within specified levels, 2018-2019 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

Indigenous primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of regular clients who had an AUDIT-C with result within specified levels, June 2020 Health, Retired 13/10/2021
Indigenous, Superseded 14/07/2021

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of Indigenous regular clients who have an AUDIT-C result within a specified level, June 2021 Indigenous, Standard 03/07/2022

Indigenous-specific primary health care: PI17b-Proportion of Indigenous regular clients who have an AUDIT-C result within specified levels, December 2020 Indigenous, Superseded 03/07/2022

Person—AUDIT-C result recorded indicator, yes/no code N

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