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Census date
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
Identifier
QH 040352
Version
1
Metadata Item Type
Data Element
Data Element Type
Data Element
Approval Status
Current
01-Jul-1998  		Superseded
03-Aug-2014  
Approval Type
Standard
Approving Authority
-
Effective From
01-Jul-1996
Effective To
30-Jun-2014
Definition 
Date on which the hospital takes a point in time count (census) and characterisation of patients currently on the waiting list.
Context 
Elective admission/Waiting list: this data element is necessary for the calculation of the waiting time until a census.
Short Name
Hospital census date
Name in Other Contexts
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Representational Attributes
Datatype
Numeric character
Representation Class
Date
Format
DDMMYYYY
Minimum Character Length
8
Maximum Character Length
8
Permissible Values 
Must be a valid date.
Supplementary Values
-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Guide for Use 
Census date is the first week day of each month (excluding public holidays).
Verification Rules
-
Collection Methods
-
Comment 
Some Queensland Health information systems restrict date storage to CCYYMMDD format e.g. Oracle systems.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References 
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Otherrelational

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Set TypeNameAscendingIdentifier & VersionObligationEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionElective Surgery Data Collection (ESDC)QH 020110 Version 1Mandatory01-Jul-199630-Jun-2014
Data Quality Declaration 
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Source and Reference Attributes
Source Organisation 
-
Source Document 
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