Prison clinic contact NBEDS 2022
Data Set Specification Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Set Specification |
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METEOR identifier: | 760385 |
Registration status: | Health, Qualified 06/07/2023 |
DSS type: | Data Set Specification (DSS) |
Scope: | The Prison clinic contact National Best Endeavours Data Set (NBEDS) defines visits by prisoners to the prison clinic during the National Prisoner Health Data Collection period. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Statistical unit: | The two statistical units in this data set are the Health Service Event and the Person. In the Prison clinic contact NBEDS person refers to the prisoner attending the prison clinic. |
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Guide for use: | The Prison clinic contact NBEDS is a component of the Prisoner health NBEDS. The Prisoner health NBEDS defines data about public and private prisons operating in Australia. It includes data on prison entrants, prison dischargees, prisoners who visit a prison clinic or take prescribed medication while in custody, prison clinic services and prison clinic staffing levels. In this NBEDS, a 'visit' is defined as a face-to-face consultation for which an entry is made in the health service record (other than for routine household-type treatments such as band-aids or paracetemol). |
Collection methods: | Information on clinic visits is provided by the treating health professional at the clinic using the Prisoners in Custody—Clinic form. One form is to be completed for each clinic contact. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Prison clinic contact NBEDS 2018 Health, Qualified 06/07/2023 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Prisoner health NBEDS 2022 Health, Qualified 06/07/2023 |