Person—specific chronic condition indicator, yes/no code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Specific chronic condition indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 399225 |
Registration status: | Health!, Superseded 28/04/2016 |
Definition: | An indicator of whether a person has ever been told by a doctor or nurse that they suffer from a specific chronic condition, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—specific chronic condition indicator |
Value Domain: | Yes/no 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 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Comments: | The term 'ever been told' was used instead of 'diagnosed' to allow comparability with the National Health Survey and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2006. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey, 2004-05. Cat. no. 4715.0. Canberra: ABS. ABS 2009. National health survey: users' guide-electronic publication, 2007-08. ABS cat. no. 4363.0.55.001. Canberra: ABS. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Person—specific chronic condition indicator, prisoner health yes/no/unknown code N Health!, Standard 28/04/2016 See also Person—chronic condition indicator, yes/no code N Health!, Superseded 28/04/2016 See also Person—type of chronic condition, code N Health!, Superseded 28/04/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Chronic condition cluster Health!, Superseded 28/04/2016 DSS specific information: This data element is included in the Prisoner Health DSS as the National Prisoner Health Indicators includes the indicators:
This data element can be used in conjunction with the data elements: Person—type of chronic condition, code N and Person—chronic condition indicator, yes/no code N to obtain information on the prevalence of chronic conditions in a population group. Prison dischargee DSS Health!, Superseded 28/04/2016 DSS specific information: Can occur once for prior to most recent imprisonment and can occur a second time for during most recent imprisonment. |