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Data Element Detail

Census date
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040352 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
01-Jul-1998		Superseded
03-Aug-2014
Standard
01-Jul-1996
30-Jun-2014
Date on which the hospital takes a point in time count (census) and characterisation of patients currently on the waiting list.
Elective admission/Waiting list: this data element is necessary for the calculation of the waiting time until a census.
Hospital census date
Representational Attributes
Numeric Character
Date
DDMMYYYY
8
8
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

Must be a valid date.
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Census date is the first week day of each month (excluding public holidays).
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
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementHospital census (of elective surgery waitlist patients)-census dateQH 040352 Version 2Superseded
Is used in the derivation ofData ElementDerived Data ElementOutpatient clinic service request-waiting time to censusQH 041549 Version 2Retired
Is used in the derivation ofData ElementDerived Data ElementOutpatient clinic service request-waiting time to censusQH 041549 Version 1Superseded
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-199630-Jun-2014
Source and Reference Attributes
Census; Elective surgery; Waiting list;