Individual service provider—country of institution awarding qualification, code (SACC 2016) NNNN
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Country of institution awarding provider's qualification |
METEOR identifier: | 659621 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 06/12/2016 |
Definition: | The country in which the institution awarding a professional qualification held by an individual service provider is located, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Individual service provider—country of institution awarding qualification |
Value Domain: | Country code (SACC 2016) NNNN |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Classification scheme: | Standard Australian Classification of Countries 2016 | |
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Representation class: | Code | |
Data type: | Number | |
Format: | NNNN | |
Maximum character length: | 4 |
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: | This is the code representing the country in which the awarding institution is based and that has accredited the awarding institution, for example, medical degrees accredited by Australian universities and obtained in overseas campuses are considered to be Australian qualifications. |
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Collection methods: | It is recommended that both the country description and code be collected. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016. Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC), 2016. ABS cat. no. 1269.0. Canberra: ABS. Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Individual service provider—country of institution awarding qualification, code (SACC 2011) NNNN Health!, Superseded 06/12/2016 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Provider academic qualification cluster Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 |