Maternity model of care—midwifery caseload size, number N[NN]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Midwifery caseload size |
METEOR identifier: | 558695 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 14/05/2015 |
Definition: | The total estimated capped number of women (caseload) who will be cared for per year by each full-time equivalent primary midwife working in a midwifery caseload model of maternity care, as represented by a number. |
Context: | Used in maternal and perinatal healthcare settings. |
Data Element Concept: | Maternity model of care—midwifery caseload size |
Value Domain: | Number N[NN] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Total | |
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Data type: | Number | |
Format: | N[NN] | |
Maximum character length: | 3 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This should be the total number of women per year that a midwife looks after in the role of primary midwife as a full-time equivalent midwife. If a model of care includes part-time midwives working as primary midwife then the caseload should be recalculated to reflect their caseload if they were working full-time. Do not count the number of women that the midwife is also caring for as a back-up midwife. |
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Collection methods: | Data are gathered using the Maternity Care Classification System (MaCCS) data collection questionnaire on an annual basis by every maternity service when classifying their models of care or when a new model of care is introduced. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Perinatal Epidemiology and Statistics Unit |
Origin: | National Maternity Data Development Project (AIHW and NPESU), Maternity Care Classification System subproject. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Maternity model of care—midwifery caseload indicator, yes/no code N Health, Standard 14/05/2015 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Maternity model of care NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Conditional obligation: Reporting of this data element is conditional upon a 'yes' response to the Maternity model of care—midwifery caseload indicator, yes/no code N data element. |
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