Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Previously homeless indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 690653 |
Registration status: | Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |
Definition: | A person's homelessness status prior to the latest presentation for service episode, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—Previously homeless status |
Value Domain: | Homelessness status code N |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—previously homeless status, code N Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 |
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Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019- Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this item is only asked of clients. DSS specific information: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is collected a minimum of twice (for the client):
If a client has indicated that they were homeless in the last month, then by default they should be recorded as homeless in the last 12 months. This question allows the client to check all responses that apply, and therefore the client may have up to 3 valid responses for each instance of this question. This collection records a response of Don't Know (Code 99), which is equivalent to the code Not stated/Inadequately described (Code 9) in the Standard. |