Referral—referral received date, DDMMYYYY
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Referral received date |
Synonymous names: | REF_RECEIVED_DATE; SERVICE_REQUEST_RECEIVED |
METEOR identifier: | 663262 |
Registration status: | WA Health, Standard 01/06/2017 |
Definition: | The date when a health care provider formally accepts a referral for a patient, represented as DDMMYYYY. |
Data Element Concept: | Referral—referral received date |
Value Domain: | Date DDMMYYYY |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Date | |
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Data type: | Date/Time | |
Format: | DDMMYYYY | |
Maximum character length: | 8 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This data item is a mandatory item for national reporting against the data element: Non-admitted patient service request-service request received date, DDMMYYYY The locally reported referral received date has the synonymous name REF_RECEIVED_DATE. The nationally reported version has the synonymous name SERVICE_REQUEST_RECEIVED. |
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Collection methods: | In the case of a self-referral the referral received date would be the date of the first contact with the service. The referral received date can be the same as the date of the appointment; for example, at a drop-in clinic. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Referral—referral received date, DDMMYYYY WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 See also Non-admitted patient service request—service request received date, DDMMYYYY Health!, Standard 06/10/2010 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 01/11/2012 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2016-17 WA Health, Standard 30/05/2017 DSS specific information: This data item is a mandatory item for national reporting in the: Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2016-17
It is reported nationally against the data element: Non-admitted patient service request—service request received date, DDMMYYYY |