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Child protection notification—out-of-home care flag, code N

Definition

An indicator of the out-of-home care status of a child at the time of the notification, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Child protection notification—out-of-home care flag, code N

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Out-of-home care flag code N ".
Data Type Number
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Yes - currently in out-of-home care
2 Yes - past history in out-of-home care
3 No - the child is not currently, or previously been, in out-of-home care
Supplementary Values 4 Not stated

Comments

Origin:

Child protection and support services data dictionary. AIHW Version 1.0 Oct 2005.

Comments:
This is essential as an alert that the child is recorded in the separate out-of-home care database.

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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Output in Derivations 0
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As a denominator in an Indicator 0
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