Definition
All optometrists listed with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency during the reference period. Optometrists included in this DSS may be currently registered or they may be listed but not currently registered.
Metadata items in this Data Set Specification
Below is a list of all the components within this Dataset Specification.
Each entry includes the item name, whether the item is optional, mandatory or conditional and the maximum times the item can occur in a dataset.
If the items must occur in a particular order in the dataset, the sequence number is included before the item name.
| Reference | Data Element | Data Type | Length | Inclusion | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Person (address)—Australian postcode, code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN}
Specific Information:
In this dataset the data element refers to the postcode of the residential address of a person.
|
- | - | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Person (address)—suburb/town/locality name, text A[A(49)]
Specific Information:
In this dataset the data element refers to the suburb/town/locality of the residential address of a person.
|
- | - | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Person—Australian state/territory of birth, code N
Conditional Inclusion:
Applicable to persons born in Australia
|
Number | 1 | optional | 1 | |
|
Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2008) NNNN
Specific Information:
The collection methodology for this data element suggests including a list of countries that is based on the Australian Census of Population and Housing. The list is not appropriate for this DSS and an alternative list is used.
|
- | - | optional | 1 | |
|
Person—date of birth, MMYYYY
Specific Information:
The data element is used to derive the age of the registered health professional.
|
- | - | mandatory | 1 | |
| Person—Indigenous status, code N | Number | 1 | optional | 1 | |
| Person: Sex, Code N | Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Registered health professional—hours worked in clinical role, total hours NNN | String | 3 | optional | 1 | |
| Registered health professional—hours worked in health profession, total hours NNN | String | 3 | optional | 1 | |
| Registered health professional—hours worked in non-clinical role, total hours NNN | String | 3 | optional | 1 | |
| Registered health professional—hours worked in private sector, total hours NNN | String | 3 | optional | 1 | |
| Registered health professional—hours worked in public sector, total hours NNN | String | 3 | optional | 1 | |
| Registered health professional—intended years in profession, total years NN | String | 2 | optional | 1 | |
| Registered health professional—length of employment in profession in Australia, total years NN | String | 2 | optional | 1 | |
| Registered health professional—visa type, code AANNN | - | - | optional | 1 |
Comments
Guide for use:
This DSS is a component of the Registered health labour force DSS. The Registered health labour force DSS contains profession-specific DSS for health professions listed with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
Note that a health professional may be qualified and registered in more than one profession.
Within each profession-specific DSS there are data clusters that apply to health professionals employed in the profession. Main job data clusters apply to all health professionals employed in the profession. Second job data clusters relate only to those health professionals employed in more than one job in the profession. All other workforce data elements in the DSS apply to all jobs held in the profession.
References
For further information regarding the national registration scheme for health professionals, please see the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency website at http://www.ahpra.gov.au
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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| As a numerator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a denominator in an Indicator | 0 |
| As a disaggregation in an Indicator | 0 |