Person—reason service not provided, code N[N]

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Reason services not provided
METEOR identifier:	692286
Registration status:	Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
Definition:	The reason services were not provided to a person seeking assistance, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Person—reason services not provided

Value domain attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

N[N]

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Person did not accept service
2	Person wanted different services
3	Agency was in the wrong area
4	Agency had no accommodation available
5	Agency had no other services available
6	Agency had insufficient staff
7	Agency was inappropriate, wrong target group
8	Agency's facilities were not appropriate for a person with special needs
9	Person was refused service/ person did not meet criteria
10	No fee-free services, available at the time of request
11	Other

Guide for use:

This item provides information about why agencies are unable to meet people's requests for services.

There may be more than one reason why services are not provided to people seeking them. This data element is used to collect all of these reasons.

Collection methods:

The permissible values for this data element are used to form the response categories to the question:

'Which one of the following reason(s) best describes why the person was not provided assistance?'

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Implementation in Data Set Specifications: