Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Similar identifier designation |
Synonymous names: | Not a duplicate of identifier |
METEOR identifier: | 613294 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | The identifier for an entity that has similar information to the entity identified by the identifier designation, as represented by text. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Identifier—similar identifier designation |
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METEOR identifier: | 613296 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | The identifier for an entity that has similar information to the entity identified by the identifier designation. |
Object class: | Identifier |
Property: | Similar identifier designation |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Text X[X(19)] |
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METEOR identifier: | 310424 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | A combination of alphanumeric characters. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Text | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | X[X(19)] | |
Maximum character length: | 20 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | The identifier entered into this field indicates the identifier of the person who has similar identifying information to the person represented by this identifier. |
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Comments: | When two identifiers have similar identifying information and it has been confirmed that they are not the same entity, they should not be reported as potentially duplicated. The objective of this data element is to support potential duplicate reporting by identifying and confirming that entities with similar information are not duplicates. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Similar but different entity cluster Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |