The Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS-NMDS) was created to assist in the monitoring and evaluation of key objectives of the National Drug Strategy and will continue to provide an important source of information for monitoring the National Drug Strategy. The AODTS-NMDS captures the number of closed treatment episodes. This number does not equate to the total number of people in Australia receiving treatment for alcohol and other drug use. The current collection methodology does not identify when a client receives multiple treatment episodes in the same or different agencies, either concurrently or consecutively.
Collection purpose
The collection aims to provide:
- demographic information of clients who use government-funded treatment services;
- the treatments they receive, and;
- administrative information about the agencies that provide alcohol and other drug treatment.
This information assists in the planning, management and quality improvement of alcohol and other drug treatment services.
Where does the data come from?
The AODTS-NMDS is a nationally agreed set of common data items collected by government-funded service providers for clients registered for alcohol and other drug treatment. This national collection is a subset of the information on alcohol and other drug treatment services that is routinely collected by States and Territories to monitor treatment services within their jurisdictions.
Recent reports
The most recent annual report is
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2010-11: state and territory findings is expected to be released in March 2013.
Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2011-12 will be released in mid-2013.
Further information
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