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Registered health professional—principal role, health profession code N

Definition

The role in which the registered health professional spent the most time in the profession, in the week before registration, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Registered health professional—principal role, health profession code N

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Principal role in health profession code N ".
Data Type Number
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Clinician
2 Administrator
3 Teacher/educator
4 Researcher
5 Other
Supplementary Values 9 Not stated/inadequately described

Comments

Guide for use:

This data element is applicable to health professionals who were employed in the registered profession in Australia.

The health professional may be employed or self-employed in the profession.

Registered health professionals on leave at the time of registration are asked to report their usual principal role.

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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Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 23
Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0