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Data Element Detail

Actual place of birth
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040752 v2
Data Element
Data Element
Current
14-Nov-2003		Superseded
17-Sep-2018
Standard
01-Jul-2003
30-Jun-2018
The actual place where the birth occurred.
Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC)
Actual place of birth
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N
1
1
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Hospital, excluding birth centre
2Birth centre, attached to hospital
3Birth centre, free standing
4Home
5Born before arrival
8Other
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

CodeDescription
9Not stated/unknown
Collection and Usage Attributes
This is to be recorded for each baby the mother delivers from this pregnancy.

Code 4 Home - should be reserved for those births that occur at the home intended.

Code 8 Other - used when birth occurs at a home other than that intended. May also include a community health centre or be used for babies "born before arrival".
Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC):
Must not be blank
Validated against list of actual place of birth codes
Used to analyse the risk factors and outcomes by place of birth. While most deliveries occur within hospitals, an increasing number of births now occur in other settings. It is important to monitor the births occurring outside hospitals and to ascertain whether or not the actual place of delivery was planned.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementData ElementActual place of birthQH 040752 Version 1Superseded
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementBirth event-actual place of birthQH 040752 Version 3Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC)QH 020003 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-200330-Jun-2018
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC) Baby Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2016-2017QH 020355 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201630-Jun-2017
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC) Baby Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2017-2018QH 020358 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201730-Jun-2018
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Birth event-setting of birth (actual), code N, Identifier 269937, Health standard 01/03/2005 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/269937/meteorItemView/long
Actual/s; Birth place;