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Service event—first service contact date, DDMMYYYY

Definition

The date on which the agency provides the first service to the client.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Service event—first service contact 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:

Due to the considerable variation in the types of services provided in the community services sector, it is not possible at this stage to define in generic terms what will constitute the first service contact date.

Comments:
This metadata item is used in calculation of measures of periods of support and duration of assistance.

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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Inclusion in Data Distributions 0
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As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0