Prison dischargee—Medicare card available on release indicator, prisoner health yes/no/don't know code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Medicare card available on release indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 791541 |
Registration status: | Health, Recorded 11/04/2024 |
Definition: | An indicator of whether a prison dischargee has a valid Medicare card, available for use on the day of release from prison, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Prison dischargee—Medicare card available on release indicator |
Value Domain: | Prisoner health yes/no/don't know code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Code | |
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Data type: | Boolean | |
Format: | N | |
Maximum character length: | 1 | |
Value | Meaning | |
Permissible values: | 1 | Yes |
2 | No | |
Supplementary values: | 3 | Don't know |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Medicare card refers to a card to the Medicare program, which looks after the health of Australians through the efficient delivery of programs such as the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register and the Australian Organ Donor Register. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Prison dischargee—Medicare card available on release indicator, yes/no/don't know code N Health, Standard 28/04/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Prison dischargee NBEDS 2022 Health, Qualified 06/07/2023 DSS specific information: This data element corresponds to the following question of the Prison Dischargee Form: 48. From the day of your release, will you be enrolled in Medicare and able to access health services in the community? |