Service Episode: Start Date, YYYY-MM-DD

Type: Data Element
Identifiers: UUID - 1c94e8ca-bfeb-11e9-9a10-0242c0a8800a; Registry ID - 651687
Origin URI: Jump to original
Stewardship Organisation: NSW Dept. Communities and Justice
Endorsed by: FACSIAR Data Governance Committee : Preferred Standard on March 11, 2021

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Last updated: 05 February 2024
Created: 15 August 2018
Supersedes: None
Superseded by: None
Collections: None

Definition

The date on which a service episode commenced, expressed as YYYYMMDD.

Components

Data Element (this item)

Data Element Concept
Service Episode: Start Date
- Object Class
  Service Episode
- Property
  Start Date
Value Domain
DateTime YYYY-MM-DD[Thh:mm:ss]

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " DateTime YYYY-MM-DD[Thh:mm:ss] ".

Description

A BigQuery datetime value element that is automatically combined with a time of day of midnight based on a 24-hour clock, using local server time - time zone information using UTC offsets is not stored. If no time is specified, the time portion defaults to 00:00:00. If no day or month is specified, the values default to 01.

DateTime YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00) Notation Elements, Meanings and Obligations

Element	Meaning	Obligation
YYYY	A four digit year	Required
MM	A zero-padded month between 01 and 12	Optional
DD	A zero-padded day between 01 and 31	Optional
hh	A zero-padded hour between 00 and 23	Automatic
mm	A zero-padded minute between 00 and 59	Automatic
ss	A zero-padded second between 00 and 59	Automatic

Data Type

DATETIME

Format

YYYY-MM-DD(T00:00:00)

Maximum character length

Comments

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

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 commencement of a service episode. Individual collections should however define what constitutes commencement for their own purposes. For example, it may be at contact stage in some instances or in others when a case plan is formulated.

Collection methods:
Date assistance commenced must be related to a particular service episode.
For each separate service episode a separate episode start date should be recorded.

Origin

https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/651687

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2013. Child Protection National Minimum Data Set, data collection manual 2012-13. Canberra: AIHW.

References

METeOR identifier: 651687

Registration status:
Homelessness, Standard 10/08/2018
Disability, Standard 05/07/2019
Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016

Relation	Count
Input in Derivations	0
Output in Derivations	0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications	10
Inclusion in Data Distributions	5
As a numerator in an Indicator	3
As a denominator in an Indicator	0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator	0