Person—medication type, text [X(40)]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Medication type |
| METEOR identifier: | 624732 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 28/04/2016 |
| 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 |
| Value Domain: | Text [X(40)] |
Value domain attributes | ||
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. |
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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}] Health, Standard 25/08/2011 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Prisoner health medication type dispensed cluster Health, Recorded 30/03/2023 Prisoners in custody prescription medications NBEDS Health, Standard 28/04/2016 Prisoners in custody prescription medications NBEDS 2018 Health, Recorded 22/12/2022 |