Main job of registered dental and allied dental health professional cluster
Data Set Specification Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Set Specification |
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METEOR identifier: | 383991 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 10/12/2009 |
DSS type: | Data Element Cluster |
Scope: | The main job of registered dental and allied dental health professionals who were employed in the profession during the reference week. The main job is defined as the post or position, funded by an organisation, in which the health professional worked the most hours during the reference week in Australia. The health professional may be an employee or they may be self-employed with the organisation. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Statistical unit: | The statistical unit for this data set is the Registered dental and allied dental health professional. A Registered dental and allied dental health professional refers to a person who is currently registered, or who has been registered, with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as a dental or allied dental health professional at any time during the reference period. |
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Guide for use: | Data elements in this cluster assist in describing the type and distribution of services of registered dental and allied dental professionals in their main job. This cluster forms part of the Registered dental and allied dental labour force DSS, along with Secondjob of registered dental and allied dental professionals cluster, Work setting hours cluster, and a range of other data elements. Data elements in this cluster are collected from all dental and allied dental professionals employed in the profession. Data elements in the Second job of registered dental and allied dental professionals cluster are collected only from those health professionals employed in more than one job in the profession. All other workforce data elements in the Registered dental and allied dental labour force DSS are collected from all health professionals registered in the profession and relate to all jobs held in the profession. Registered health professionals on leave at the time of registration are asked to report based on the job that is usually their main job. The main job:
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | See also Second job of registered dental and allied dental health professional cluster Health!, Standard 10/12/2009 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Registered dental and allied dental health professional labour force DSS Health!, Standard 10/12/2009 |
Metadata items in this Data Set Specification |