The date the mother delivered her baby and in the case of a multiple birth the date of delivery of the first baby.
Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC)
Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC): Must not be blank. Must be a valid date. Must be after the date of last menstrual period. Must be after the mother's date of birth. Must equal to the date of birth of the baby (or first baby of a multiple birth).
Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC): Corresponds to the date of birth of the baby (or the first baby in multiple births).
Some Queensland Health information systems restrict date storage to CCYYMMDD format e.g. Oracle systems.
Implementation in Metadata Sets
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Confinement; Date of confinement