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Data Element Detail

Hospital census (of elective surgery waitlist patients)-census date
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040352 v2
Data Element
Data Element
Draft
12-Jun-2014		Current
04-Aug-2014		Superseded
03-Oct-2016
Standard
01-Jul-2014
30-Jun-2015
Date on which the hospital takes a point in time (census) count of and characterisation of patients on the waiting list.
Elective surgery/Waiting list
Hospital census date
Representational Attributes
Numeric Character
Date
DDMMYYYY
8
8
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

-
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Census date is the first day of each month.
Must be a valid date.
This data element is necessary for the calculation of the waiting time until a census. Some Queensland Health information systems restrict date storage to CCYYMMDD format e.g. Oracle systems.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementData ElementCensus dateQH 040352 Version 1Superseded
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementHospital waiting list-census dateQH 040352 Version 3Current
Is used in the derivation ofData ElementDerived Data ElementElective surgery waiting list episode-waiting time (at a census date), total daysQH 040962 Version 2Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionElective Surgery Data Collection (ESDC)QH 020110 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201430-Jun-2015
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR date element: Hospital census (of elective surgery waitlist patients)-census date, DDMMYYYY, Identifier 270153, Health standard 01/03/2005 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/270153/meteorItemView/long
Census; Elective surgery; Waiting list;