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Definition

The sector of employment and main type of work/speciality area of the health professional, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Establishment industry code NN ".
Data Type String
Format NN
Maximum character length 2
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 10 Defence forces
01 Private medical practitioner rooms/surgery (including 24-hour medical clinics)
02 Other public non-residential health care facility (e.g. Aboriginal health service, ambulatory centre, outpatient clinic, day surgery centre, medical centre, community health centre)
03 Other private non-residential health care (e.g. Aboriginal health service, ambulatory centre, outpatient clinic, day surgery centre, medical centre, community health centre)
04 Hospital - acute care (including psychiatric or specialist hospital) hospital (public)
05 Hospital - acute care (including psychiatric or specialist hospital) hospital (private)
06 Residential health care (e.g. nursing home, hospice, physical disabilities residential centre) facility (public)
07 Residential health care (e.g. nursing home, hospice, physical disabilities residential centre) facility (private)
08 Tertiary education institution (public)
09 Tertiary education institution (private)
11 Government department or agency (e.g. laboratory, research organisation etc.)
12 Private industry/private enterprise (e.g. insurance, pathology, bank)
13 Other (specified) public
14 Other (specified) private
Supplementary Values 99 Unknown/inadequately described/not stated

Comments

Comments:
Day surgery centres, outpatient clinics and medical centres approved as hospitals under the Health Insurance Act 1973 (Commonwealth) have emerged as a new category for investigation. These will be included in a review of the National Health Labour Force Collection questions and coding frames.

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics 1993. Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC). Cat. No. 1292.0. Canberra: ABS
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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