NATIONAL HOSPITAL MORBIDITY DATABASE
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| The National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD) is a compilation of electronic summary records from admitted patient morbidity data collection systems in Australian hospitals.
The NHMD is compiled by the Institute from data supplied by the State and Territory health authorities. Data is held for the years 1993-94 to 2008-09. The NHMD includes data relating to admitted patients in almost all hospitals: public acute and public psychiatric hospitals, private acute and psychiatric hospitals, and private free-standing day hospital facilities. It contains demographic, administrative and length of stay data, and data on the diagnoses of the patients, the procedures they underwent in hospital and external causes of injury and poisoning. | |
| Coverage: | National | ||
| Period of coverage: | 01-Jul-1993 to 30-Jun-2009 | ||
| Collection Methodology: | OFFICIAL | ||
| Scope: | See National Hospital Morbidity Database Scope document. | ||
| Keywords: | ACUTE, ADMISSION, ADMITTED, AUSTRALIAN, DATABASE, DIAGNOSIS, DRG, HOSPITAL, HOSPITAL STATISTICS, ICD, MORBIDITY, NATIONAL, PATIENT, PROCEDURE, SEPARATION |
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| DSS in METeOR: | Elective surgery waiting times (removals data) NMDS Data are required for admitted patients removed from waiting lists fro elective surgery which are managed by public acute hospitals. Data are available from 1996-97 onwards. The NMDS specifications do not completely match the content of the database. For more information please refer to the NHMD User guide or the Data Dictionary displayed in the Documents page. Admitted patient care NMDS The NMDS specifications do not completely match the content of the database. For more information please refer to the NHMD User guide or the Data Dictionary displayed in the Documents page. Admitted patient mental health care NMDS Data are required for admitted patients receiving care in psychiatric hospitals or in designated psychiatric units in acute hospitals. For more information please refer to the NHMD User guide or the Data Dictionary displayed in the Documents page. Admitted patient palliative care NMDS Data are required for admitted patients receiving palliative care in all public and private acute hospitals, and in free standing day-hospital facilities. For more information please refer to the NHMD User guide or the Data Dictionary displayed in the Documents page. |
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| Data Availability: | Publications Summary tables published in electronic form. Online interactive Data Cubes. Client specified tables on request which may be subject to data provider approval (charges apply) Restricted unit record access subject to Ethics Committee approval and/or the agreement of all relevant data custodians in all states and territories (charges may apply). There are restrictions and limitations governing the availability or use of other data in this holding. |
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| Contact | Hospitals Data Unit, Phone: 02 6244 1157 | |||||||||