Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element |
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Short name:![]() | Country identifier |
METEOR identifier:![]() | 659626 |
Registration status:![]() | Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Health, Standard 06/12/2016 |
Definition:![]() | The country component of an address, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept:![]() | Address—country identifier |
Value Domain:![]() | Country code (SACC 2016) NNNN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2016 | |
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Representation class:![]() | Code | |
Data type:![]() | Number | |
Format:![]() | NNNN | |
Maximum character length:![]() | 4 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Collection methods:![]() | Data should be collected at the 4-digit level. |
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Comments:![]() | Note that the Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC) is mappable to but not identical to the Australian Standard Classification of Countries for Social Statistics (ASCCSS). |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents:![]() | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016. Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC), 2016. ABS cat. no. 1269.0. Canberra: ABS. Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Supersedes Address—country identifier, country code (SACC 2011) NNNN Health, Superseded 06/12/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:![]() | Address components cluster Health, Standard 05/10/2016 Address components cluster Aged Care, Standard 30/06/2023 Conditional obligation: Conditional on the address NOT being within Australia. |