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Data Element Detail

Female-number of antenatal care visits
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 041593 v1
Data Element
Derived Data Element
Draft
10-May-2012		Current
27-Jun-2012		Superseded
17-Sep-2018
Standard
01-Jul-2012
30-Jun-2018
The total number of antenatal care visits attended by a pregnant female.
Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC)
Total number of antenatal care visits
Number of antenatal care visits
Representational Attributes
Numeric Character
Quantitative Value
N(3)
3
3
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

-
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

CodeDescription
999Not stated/iunknown
Collection and Usage Attributes
An antenatal care visit is an intentional encounter between a pregnant woman and a clinician to assess and improve maternal and fetal well-being throughout pregnancy and prior to labour.

In rural and remote locations where a midwife or doctor is not employed, registered Aboriginal health workers and registered nurses may perform this role within the scope of their training and skill license.

Include all pregnancy-related appointments with medical doctors where the medical officer has entered documentation related to that visit on the antenatal record.

An antenatal care visit does not include a visit where the sole purpose of contact is to confirm a pregnancy.

An antenatal care visit does not include a visit where the sole purpose is to perform image screening, diagnostic testing or collection of bloods or tissue for pathology testing. Exception to this rule is made when the health professional performing the procedure or test is a doctor or midwife and the appointment directly relates to this pregnancy and the health and wellbeing of the fetus.
Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC):
Must be blank if Antenatal care indicator = 1 (No).
Must not be blank if Antenatal care indicator = 2 (Yes) or 9 (Not stated/unknown).
Must be a value between 001 and 999.
Collect the total number of antenatal care visits for which there is documentation included in the health record of pregnancy and/or birth. This data element is to be collected once, after the onset of labour. Include all medical specialist appointments or medical specialist clinic appointments where the provider of the service event has documented the visit on the health record.

Multiple visits on the same day should be recorded as one visit.

Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC):
QPDC recommended question: What is the total number of antenatal care visits attended by a pregnant female?
This data element replaces Number of antenatal visits QHLTH 040028 vers 3 which has been retired from 30 June 2012.
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 ElementFemale-number of antenatal care visitsQH 041593 Version 2Superseded
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 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201230-Jun-2018
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC) Mother Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2016-2017QH 020321 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201630-Jun-2017
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementQueensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC) Mother Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2017-2018QH 020354 Version 1ConditionalSuperseded01-Jul-201730-Jun-2018
Source and Reference Attributes
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Female-number of antenatal care visits, total N[N], identifier 423828, health standard 12/10/2011 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/423828/meteorItemView/long
Antenatal visit; CRDI; CRDI QPDC;