Establishment—major plastic/reconstructive surgery unit indicator, yes/no code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Major plastic/reconstructive surgery unit indicator
METEOR identifier:	619941
Registration status:	Health, Standard 03/11/2016
Definition:	An indicator of whether an establishment includes a facility dedicated to general purpose plastic and specialised reconstructive surgery, including maxillofacial, microsurgery and hand surgery, as represented by a code.
Context:	Health services
Data Element Concept:	Establishment—major plastic/reconstructive surgery unit indicator
Value Domain:	Yes/no code N

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	Boolean
Format:	N
Maximum character length:	1
	Value	Meaning
Permissible values:	1	Yes
	2	No

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Comments:	Essential to provide a broad picture of the availability of key specialised services by State and region and to assist with planning if services are over supplied in one region relative to another.
Source and reference attributes
Origin:	National Health Data Committee
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Establishment—specialised service indicator (major plastic/reconstructive surgery unit), yes/no code N Health, Superseded 03/11/2016
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Conditional obligation: This metadata item is only required for the Public Hospital Establishments (PHE) reporting level. It is collected once for each PHE. Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Conditional obligation: This metadata item is only required for the Public Hospital Establishments (PHE) reporting level. It is collected once for each PHE. Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2022–23 Health, Superseded 09/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Conditional obligation: This metadata item is only required for the Public Hospital Establishments (PHE) reporting level. It is collected once for each PHE. Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2023–24 Health, Superseded 06/12/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Conditional obligation: This metadata item is only required for the Public Hospital Establishments (PHE) reporting level. It is collected once for each PHE. Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2024–25 Health, Standard 06/12/2023 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Conditional obligation: This metadata item is only required for the Public Hospital Establishments (PHE) reporting level. It is collected once for each PHE. Public hospital establishments data element cluster Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Public hospital establishments data element cluster Health, Superseded 17/10/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Public hospital establishments data element cluster Health, Retired 09/12/2022 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2019