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Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 041591 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
06-Oct-2011
Superseded
17-Jun-2012
Standard
01-Sep-2011
30-Jun-2012
The type of health professional that provides an occasion of service to a non-admitted patient in an outpatient clinic.
Hospital outpatient clinic services excluding community mental health care (which includes hospital-based mental health ambulatory services). Used for analysis of system utilisation and for funding purposes.
Provider type, long name
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N(8)
8
8
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
20008186MO-NON-SPEC-OTHER
20008192MO-SPEC-ANAESTHETIST
20008193MO-SPEC-CARDIOLOGIST
20008194MO-SPEC-SURGEON, CARDIOTHORACIC
20008195MO-SPEC-HAEMATOLOGIST, CLINICAL
20008196MO-SPEC-CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGIST
20008197MO-SPEC-DERMATOLOGIST
20008198MO-SPEC-RADIOLOGIST
20008199MO-SPEC-SURGEON, EAR,NOSE & THROAT
20008200MO-SPEC-EMERGENCY MEDICINE SPECIALIST
20008201MO-SPEC-ENDOCRINOLOGIST
20008202MO-SPEC-GASTROENTEROLOGIST
20008203MO-SPEC-GERIATRICIAN
20008204MO-SPEC-IMMUNOLOGIST
20008205MO-SPEC-INFECTIOUS DISEASES PHYSICIAN
20008206MO-SPEC-INTNSVE CARE/INT MED
20008207MO-SPEC-SURGEON, ORAL / MAXILLOFACIAL
20008208MO-SPEC-MEDICINE-GENERAL/INT
20008210MO-SPEC-NEONATOLOGIST
20008211MO-SPEC-NEUROLOGIST
20008212MO-SPEC-SURGEON, NEUROSURGEON
20008213MO-SPEC-NUCLEAR MEDICINE
20008214MO-SPEC-OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNAECOLOGIST
20008215MO-SPEC-ONCOLOGIST, GYNAECOLOGIST
20008216MO-SPEC-OPHTHALMOLOGIST
20008217MO-SPEC-SURGEON, ORTHOPAEDIC
20008218MO-SPEC-PAEDIATRICIAN
20008225MO-SPEC-SURGEON, PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE
20008226MO-SPEC-PSYCHIATRIST
20008227MO-SPEC-PUBLIC HEALTH PHYSICIAN
20008228MO-SPEC-ONCOLOGIST, RADIATION
20008229MO-SPEC-REHABILITATION MED
20008230MO-SPEC-NEPHROLOGIST
20008231MO-SPEC-RESPIRATORY PHYSICIAN
20008232MO-SPEC-RHEUMATOLOGIST
20008233MO-SPEC-SURGEON, GENERAL
20008234MO-SPEC-UROLOGIST
20008235MO-SPEC-SURGEON, VASCULAR
20008236MO-SPEC-ALLERGIST
20008237MO-SPEC-CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
20008238MO-SPEC-IMMUNOLOGIST, CLINICAL
20008239MO-SPEC-CYTOPATHOLOGIST
20008240MO-SPEC-INT CARE/ANAESTHETIC
20008241MO-SPEC-OCCUPATIONAL MED
20008242MO-SPEC-ONCOLOGIST, MEDICAL
20008243MO-SPEC-PATHOLOGIST, FORENSIC
20008244MO-SPEC-VENEREAL DISEASES
20008245MO-SPEC-OTHER
20008308MO-NON-SPEC-GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
20008365NR-REG-NURSE, OTHER
20008377NR-REG-NURSE, CLINICAL
20008391NR-REG-NURSE, MANAGER
20008392NR-REG-NURSE, CLINICAL CONSULTANT
20008395NR-NURSE PRACTITIONER
20008401NR-NURSE, ENROLLED
20008402NR-NURSE, STUDENT
20008420OTH-COUNSELLOR
20008446OTH-ATSI LIAISON/HEALTH WORKER
20008471OTH-WELFARE OFFICER
20008526AH-AUDIOLOGIST
20008532AH-DIETITIAN
20008536AH-OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
20008537AH-OPTOMETRIST
20008540AH-PHARMACIST
20008542AH-PHYSIOTHERAPIST
20008543AH-PODIATRIST
20008544AH-PSYCHOLOGIST
20008548AH-SOCIAL WORKER
20008549AH-SPEECH THERAPIST
20008551AH-ORTHOPTIST
20008592AH-PSYCHOLOGIST, CLINICAL
20008601AH-PROSTHETIST/ORTHOTIST
20008616OTH-TECHNICIAN
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

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Collection and Usage Attributes
The value domain descriptions are prefixed as follows to identify distinct provider type streams:
MO: Medical Officers (NON-SPEC = Non-Specialist, SPEC = Specialist);
NR: Nurses (REG = Registered, NON-REG = Non Registered);
AH: Allied Health Professionals; and
OTH: Other Health Professionals.

The value domain is a modified subset of the Human Resources (HR) Job Codes data set which is part of the Corporate Reference Data System (CRDS) General Reference data set (refer JOBCOD domain for the full set of codes).

The subset includes all HR Job Codes data set Specialist codes. Provider types not listed by Specialist code in the HR Job Codes data set were grouped to one Non-Specialist code in the subset.
Only one valid funding source code may be recorded.
This data element is part of the NAP-DSS pilot data collection.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Relates toData ElementData ElementOutpatient clinic occasion of service-chargeable statusQH 040933 Version 2Superseded
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptOccasion of serviceQH 040607 Version 1Retired
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptOutpatient clinicQH 041541 Version 1Current
Implementation in Metadata Sets

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Source and Reference Attributes