Person—medication type, text [X(40)]
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Medication type |
| METEOR identifier: | 624732 |
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| Definition: | The type of prescribed medication administered to a person, as represented by text. |
| Context: | Public health, health care and clinical settings. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person—medication type |
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Representational attributes | ||||
| Representation class: | Text | |||
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| Data type: | String | |||
| Format: | [X(40)] | |||
| Maximum character length: | 40 | |||
Data element attributes | ||||
Collection and usage attributes | ||||
| Guide for use: | This data element should be used in conjunction with the data element: Person—medication type, medication type (ATC/DDD) code A[{NN}AA{NN}] to specify Other types of prescribed medications administered to a person. | |||
Source and reference attributes | ||||
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | |||
Relational attributes | ||||
| Related metadata references: | See also Person—medication type, medication type (ATC/DDD) code A[{NN}AA{NN}]
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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