Person—urgency of requested assistance, time period code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Urgency of requested assistance |
METEOR identifier: | 692140 |
Registration status: | Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 |
Definition: | The time period within which a person requires the assistance which has been requested, as represented by a code. |
Context: | Provides an indication of the urgency of need for people requesting services. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—urgency of requested assistance |
Value Domain: | Time period code N |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | If a person does not know or is not sure as to when they may need assistance select the code 7 'Don't know/unsure'. Immediately is covered in code 1 'Within 24 hours'. |
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Collection methods: | The permissible values for this data element are used to form the response categories to the question: 'How long is it until you need assistance from this agency?' |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—urgency of requested assistance, time period code N Community Services (retired), Standard 17/11/2010 Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018 Housing assistance, Standard 23/08/2010 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS 2019- Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018 Conditional obligation: In the Specialist Homelessness Services NMDS, this data element is only collected for 'turnaways'. Turnaways are people who have not received the requested services or assessment. DSS specific information: This collection records a response of Don't Know (Code 99), which is equivalent to the code Don't know/Not sure (Code 7) in the Standard. |