Reference period

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
Synonymous names:	Reference period
METEOR identifier:	699148
Registration status:	Health, Standard 12/12/2018
Definition:	A reference period is the period of time for which activity is collected and reported, and may be defined by a calendar or fiscal year, a semester, a quarter, a month or even a day.

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Relational attributes
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2019-20 Health, Superseded 17/01/2020 Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 23/12/2020 Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Standard 17/12/2021 Episode start mode code N Health, Standard 23/12/2020