Person—name title, text X[X(11)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Name title |
Synonymous names: | Salutation; honorific |
METEOR identifier: | 613313 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | An honorific form of address commencing a name, as represented by text. It is used when addressing a person by name, whether by mail, phone or in person. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—name title |
Value Domain: | Name title text X[X(11)] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Text | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | X[X(11)] | |
Maximum character length: | 12 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Valid abbreviations from the Standards Australia AS 4590—2006 Interchange of client information. |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Name title is a prefix to a person's name. Name title should not be confused with a person's job title. This data element may be repeated where more than one name title is associated with a person; for example, Honourable Doctor (Hon Dr). |
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Collection methods: | Mixed case should be used (rather than upper case only). |
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 | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person (name)—name title, text A[A(11)] Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 See also Person—name title sequence number, code N[N] Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Individual name cluster Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |