Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—record extract date, YYYYMMDD
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | PBS record extract date (year-first) |
Synonymous names: | Prescription processing date; Processing date |
METEOR identifier: | 637334 |
Registration status: | Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 21/10/2016 |
Definition: | The date for which the Department of Human Services (DHS) creates the file of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) claim details for provision to the Department of Health, expressed as YYYYMMDD. Typically, the record extract date reflects a cut-off date for data records that are to be extracted from a computer system, e.g. all records processed or finalised on or before a particular date. |
Data Element Concept: | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—record extract date |
Value Domain: | Date YYYYMMDD |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Date | |
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Data type: | Date/Time | |
Format: | YYYYMMDD | |
Maximum character length: | 8 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
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Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments: | There can be a time lag between the date of supply of the prescription and the date of availability of validated prescription data. The length of any such lag varies from prescription to prescription. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Department of Health |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription—record extract date, DDMMYYYY Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) input header record Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 21/10/2016 DSS specific information: Variable name = RSTDH_HDR_EXTRACT_DATE |