Person—number of service contact dates, total N[NN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Number of service contact dates |
METEOR identifier: | 270231 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | The total number of dates where a service contact was recorded for the patient/client. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—number of service contact dates |
Value Domain: | Total service contact dates N[NN] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NN] | |
Maximum character length: | 3 | |
Unit of measure: | Service contact date |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This metadata item is a count of service contact dates recorded on a patient or client record. Where multiple service contacts occur on the same date, the date is counted only once. For collection from community-based (ambulatory and non-residential) agencies. Includes mental health day programs and psychiatric outpatients. |
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Comments: | This metadata item gives a measure of the level of service provided to a patient/client. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Mental Health Information Strategy Committee |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Is formed using Service contact—service contact date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 01/03/2005 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 Is re-engineered from Number of service contact dates, version 2, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (13.9 KB) No registration status |