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Extension: Date of Arrival in Australia [FMM Level 0]
This extension applies to the Patient, RelatedPerson, and Practitioner resources and defines the date of arrival in an Australian context.
The date of arrival is when a person (born outside of Australia) first arrived in Australia, from another country, with the intention of living in Australia for one year or more. This date is captured once for a person and is not subsequently updated with subsequent arrivals.
This element is a part of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (CALD) data set. It is an important indicator of cultural identity, and provides further information about a person’s cultural values and practices which can be significant in determining service type, support required, and possible needs.
This is based on:
The official URL for this profile is:
http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/date-of-arrival
This extension applies to the Patient, RelatedPerson, and Practitioner resources for the date of arrival in an Australian context. The date of arrival is when a person (born outside of Australia) first arrived in Australia, from another country, with the intention of living in Australia for one year or more. This date is recorded once for a person and is not subsequently updated with subsequent arrivals.
This profile builds on Extension.
This profile was published on Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 AEST 2020 as a draft by Health Level Seven Australia (Patient Administration WG).
Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0..1 | Extension | The date a person first arrived in Australia, from another country, with the intention of living in Australia for one year or more | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/date-of-arrival" | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | date | Date of first arrival in Australia | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | Coding | Date Accuracy Indicator URL: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/date-accuracy-indicator | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "date-accuracy-indicator" | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | Coding | Value of extension | |
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| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..1 | Extension | The date a person first arrived in Australia, from another country, with the intention of living in Australia for one year or more |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() | I | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/date-of-arrival" | |
![]() ![]() | I | 1..1 | date | Date of first arrival in Australia |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | xml:id (or equivalent in JSON) | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 0..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |
![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 0..1 | Coding | Date Accuracy Indicator URL: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/date-accuracy-indicator |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "date-accuracy-indicator" | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 1..1 | (Slice Definition) | Value of extension Slice: Unordered, Closed by type:$this |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 1..1 | Coding | Date Accuracy Coding Binding: https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/date-accuracy-indicator-1 (required) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | date | Primitive value for date | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
Differential View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 0..1 | Extension | The date a person first arrived in Australia, from another country, with the intention of living in Australia for one year or more | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/date-of-arrival" | |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | date | Date of first arrival in Australia | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | Coding | Date Accuracy Indicator URL: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/date-accuracy-indicator | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "date-accuracy-indicator" | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | Coding | Value of extension | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
Snapshot View
| Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints![]() |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | I | 0..1 | Extension | The date a person first arrived in Australia, from another country, with the intention of living in Australia for one year or more |
![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() | I | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |
![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/date-of-arrival" | |
![]() ![]() | I | 1..1 | date | Date of first arrival in Australia |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | xml:id (or equivalent in JSON) | |
![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 0..* | Extension | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |
![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 0..1 | Coding | Date Accuracy Indicator URL: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/date-accuracy-indicator |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 0..* | Extension | Additional content defined by implementations Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1..1 | uri | "date-accuracy-indicator" | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 1..1 | (Slice Definition) | Value of extension Slice: Unordered, Closed by type:$this |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | I | 1..1 | Coding | Date Accuracy Coding Binding: https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/date-accuracy-indicator-1 (required) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | 0..1 | date | Primitive value for date | |
Documentation for this format | ||||
Downloads: StructureDefinition: (XML, JSON), Schema: XML Schematron

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