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Hospital census (of elective surgery waitlist patients)—census date, DDMMYYYY

Definition

Date on which the hospital takes a point in time (census) count of and characterisation of patients on the waiting list.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Hospital census (of elective surgery waitlist patients)—census date, DDMMYYYY

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Date DDMMYYYY ".
Data Type Date/Time
Format DDMMYYYY
Maximum character length 8

Comments

Guide for use:
This date is recorded when a census is done of the patients on a waiting list.

Origin:
National Health Data Committee

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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