Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—date of prescribing, DDMMYYYY
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Date of prescribing |
| Synonymous names: | Date of issue of PBS item prescription |
| METEOR identifier: | 602772 |
| Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
| Definition: | The date on which the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescriber signs the prescription, expressed as DDMMYYYY. |
| Data Element Concept: | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—date of prescribing |
| Value Domain: | Date DDMMYYYY |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Date | |
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| Data type: | Date/Time | |
| Format: | DDMMYYYY | |
| Maximum character length: | 8 | |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | Not required for continued dispensing. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
Relational attributes | |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14 Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
| Implementation in Indicators: |
Used as Disaggregation
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