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Data Element Detail

Date of birth-client
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040163 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
15-Jan-1998		Superseded
02-Sep-2003
Standard
01-Jul-1989
30-Jun-2004
Date of birth of the person.
Required to derive age for demographic analyses, analyses by age at admission and separation, also used in the derivation of Diagnosis Related Groups.
Date of birth
DOB (HBCIS); Date of birth (CESA - Client summary screen)
Representational Attributes
Numeric Character
Date
DDMMYYYY
8
8
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

-
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Where DD is unknown record 15; where MM is unknown record 06; where YY is unknown, estimate year.
Obicare:
9-60 valid age range - outside fatal error.
QHAPDC and QCR
Where year is unable to be estimated, QHAPDC and Cancer registry use 1900.

QPDC
For the Perinatal collection, this date must be the same as the date of confinement, if the baby is a singleton or first baby of a multiple birth.

CESA
Date of birth is qualified by an "Date of Birth Estimated" field.
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Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementDate of birthQH 040163 Version 2Superseded
Is qualified byData ElementData ElementDate estimation flagQH 040405 Version 1Superseded
Is used in conjunction withData ElementData ElementTime of birthQH 040160 Version 1Current
Is used in the derivation ofData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-diagnosis related group (AR-DRG v4.2)QH 041587 Version 1Superseded
Is used in the derivation ofData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-diagnosis related group (AR-DRG v5.0)QH 041587 Version 2Superseded
Is used in the derivation ofData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-major diagnostic category (AR-DRG v4.2)QH 041588 Version 1Superseded
Is used in the derivation ofData ElementData ElementEpisode of admitted patient care-major diagnostic category (AR-DRG v5.0)QH 041588 Version 2Superseded
Is used in the derivation ofData ElementData ElementMajor diagnostic category (DSU calculated)QH 040145 Version 2Superseded
Is used in the derivation ofData ElementData ElementMajor diagnostic category (Facility calculated)QH 040098 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-Jun-199630-Jun-2004
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Cancer Registry (QCR) Data CollectionQH 020002 Version 1Superseded01-Jan-198230-Jun-2004
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QH 020001 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-198930-Jun-2004
Information AssetData CollectionQueensland Perinatal Data Collection (QPDC)QH 020003 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jan-198730-Jun-2004
Source and Reference Attributes
CRDI; CRDI QPDC; Date of birth;