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Definition

The total hours worked by all volunteer/unpaid staff in a seven day week.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Total hours NNNNN ".
Data Type Number
Format NNNNN
Maximum character length 5

Comments

Guide for use:
This metadata item is asking for actual staff hours worked by volunteer staff, not the rostered hours or full-time equivalent staff.

Context:

To assist in the analysis of staffing inputs and to enable a comparison of the staffing requirements of different service types. It is important to include volunteers due to the significant contribution they make within many organisations.

Origin:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2002. Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set collection: Data guide-data items and definitions 2002-03. Canberra: AIHW

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Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 1
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