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Administrative healthcare provider-health service district abbreviation
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
Identifier & Version
QH 041537 v4
Metadata Item Type
Data Element
Data Element Type
Data Element
Approval Status
Current
23-Jun-2011
Retired
30-Jun-2012
Approval Type
Standard
Approving Authority
Effective From
01-Jul-2011
Effective To
30-Jun-2012
Definition
An area of the state, a public sector hospital or other public sector health service facility as constituted in the Health Services Act 1991 for the purpose of increasing the effectiveness and responsiveness of the governance arrangements for the delivery of public health services, as represented by an acronym.
Context
Queensland Health
Short Name
Health service district abbreviation
Name in Other Contexts
Representational Attributes
Datatype
Alphabetic
Representation Class
Text
Format
A(3)
Minimum Character Length
3
Maximum Character Length
3
Permissible Values
Permissible_values
Code
Description
CAH
Cairns and Hinterland
CHS
Children's Health Services
CTQ
Central Queensland
CTW
Central West
CYK
Cape York
DDS
Darling Downs
GOL
Gold Coast
MAC
Mackay
MNT
Metro North
MST
Metro South
MTI
Mt Isa
SCT
Sunshine Coast
STW
South West
TNP
Torres Strait-Northern Peninsula
TVL
Townsville
WBY
Wide Bay
WTM
West Moreton
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Supplementary Values
Supplemenary_values
-
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Collection and Usage Attributes
Guide for Use
New
Verification Rules
Collection Methods
Comments
The current Health Service Districts were formally declared by gazette notice on 17 June 2011 by the Governor in Council.
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Data Element
Administrative healthcare provider-health service district abbreviation
QH 041537 Version 3
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Is supplemented by
Data Element
Data Element
Administrative healthcare provider-health service district code
QH 040192 Version 7
Retired
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Source and Reference Attributes
Source Organisation
Source Document
Health Services Act 1991
Keywords
Health service area
;
Health service district
;