Person—single name only flag, code A
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Single name only flag |
Synonymous names: | Single name only indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 618588 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | An indicator of whether a person's name has only one component, as represented by a code. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Person—single name only flag |
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METEOR identifier: | 618584 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | An indicator of whether a person's name has only one component. |
Object class: | Person |
Property: | Single name only flag |
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: | Single name only flag code A |
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METEOR identifier: | 618586 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | A code set representing the number of components in a name. |
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | A | |
Maximum character length: | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | S | Single name |
M | Multiple names |
Data element attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Reference documents: | Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Person—family name, text X[X(39)] Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Indigenous, Standard 07/04/2024 Tasmanian Health, Standard 27/06/2017 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Individual name cluster Health, Standard 05/10/2016 DSS specific information: If given name is blank when registration occurs, this field should be asked. |