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Person—medication for mental health disorder indicator, yes/no code N

Definition

A self-reported indicator of whether a person is currently taking a legally prescribed medication for a mental health disorder, including drug and alcohol abuse, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person—medication for mental health disorder indicator, yes/no code N

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Yes/no code N ".
Data Type Boolean
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Yes
2 No

Comments

Guide for use:

This data element should be used in conjunction with the data element: Person—mental health disorder indicator, yes/no code N to capture instances of mental illness that are formally diagnosed and medicated.

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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