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Person—source of information on a mental health condition, code N

Definition

Source of information available that indicates a person may have a mental illness or mental health condition, as represented by a code.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Person—source of information on a mental health condition, code N

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Source of mental health condition code N ".
Data Type Number
Format N
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values 1 Agency worker
2 Health professional
3 Non-government agency
4 Family, friends, carers
5 Self-identified
6 Other
Supplementary Values 9 Not stated/inadequately described

Comments

Comments:
This data element is based on the PHaMs (Personal Helpers and Mentors Program) screening tool; it is a useful flag for mental health issues where more accurate evidence is not available.

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
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 3
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