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Data Element Detail

Name title
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040850 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
01-Mar-2005		Superseded
19-Oct-2008
Standard
01-Mar-2005
19-Oct-2008
An honorific form of address, commencing a name, used when addressing a person by name, whether by mail, by phone, or in person.
Name title
Representational Attributes
Character
Text
A[A(11)]
1
12
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

Valid abbreviations from the Australian Standard AS4590-1999 Interchange of client information
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Name title should not be confused with job title.

Mixed case should be used (rather than upper case only).
An example of Name title is 'Mr' for Mister.

The Name title for Master should only be used for persons less than 15 years of age.

Name titles for Doctor and Professor should only be applicable to persons of greater than 20 years of age.

More than one Name title may be recorded eg Prof Sir John Markham.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

  • 1 - 4
ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Relates toData ElementData ElementFamily nameQH 040002 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementGiven nameQH 040003 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementName conditional use flagQH 040853 Version 1Superseded
Relates toData ElementData ElementName suffixQH 040851 Version 1Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

No Metadata Items
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Person (name)-name title, text A[A(11)], Identifier 270256, Health standard 01/03/2005 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/270256/meteorItemView/long
Name;