National public hospital establishments data collection

National public hospital establishments database |Main data elements included in the NPHED | Publications | Example of data from the NPHED | National public hospital establishments data service | Additional information and limitations

National public hospital establishments database (NPHED)

• The NPHED is compiled from data supplied by the state and territory health authorities. It is a collection of electronic records for public hospitals within Australia. All records are based on information collected for financial years. Data is held for the years 1993-94 to 2006-07. 
• Almost all public acute and public psychiatric hospitals in Australia are included.
• The National health data dictionary definitions form the basis of the database, ensuring a high standard of data comparability.

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Main data elements included in the NPHED

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The data elements listed below form part of the National Minimum Data Set for Public Hospital Establishments.

Revenues                 

• Patient revenues
• Recoveries 

Staffing levels

• Full time equivalent staff 

Expenditure  

• Salaries and wages
• Depreciation
• Interest payments
• Drug supplies

Other

• Number of available beds for admitted patients
• Geographical location of establishment 
• Specialised service indicators
• Type of non-admitted patient care

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Publications

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An annual report is published on hospital activity and operations. The current report, Australian Hospital Statistics 2006-07 includes analyses of the majority data elements included in the database and hard copies are available for $42.00 from CanPrint.

Chapter 3 Public hospital establishments, describes public hospitals in terms of their size, distribution of beds, staff employed and specialised services provided. Information and summary tables on public hospital recurrent expenditure and revenues are also provided.

Earlier data on Public hospital establishments have been reported and can be accessed online via the links below.

• Australian hospital statistics 1995-96 (Chapter 2)

• Australian hospital statistics 1996-97 (Chapters 2 and 3)

• Australian hospital statistics 1997-98 (Chapter 3)

• Australian hospital statistics 1998-99 (Chapter 3)

• Australian hospital statistics 1999-00 (Chapter 3)

• Australian hospital statistics 2000-01 (Chapter 3)

•  Australian hospital statistics 2001-02 (Chapter 3)

•  Australian hospital statistics 2002-03 (Chapter 3)

• Australian hospital statistics 2003-04 (Chapter 3)

• Australian hospital statistics 2004-05 (Chapter 3)

• Australian hospital statistics 2005-06 (Chapter 3)

• Australian hospital statistics 2006-07 (Chapter 3)

 

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Example of data from the NPHED (Table 3.3, p38 of Australian hospital statistics 2006-07)

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(a)   The number of hospitals reported can be affected by administrative and/or reporting arrangements and is not necessarily a measure of the number of physical hospital buildings or campuses.

(b)   The count of hospitals in Victoria is a count of the campuses which report data separately to the National Hospital Morbidity Database.

(c)   The comparability of bed numbers can be affected by the casemix of hospitals including the extent to which hospitals provide same day admitted services and other specialised services.

 ..   Not applicable

 

For more examples of data from NPHED go to Hospitals at a glance   

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National public hospital establishments data service  

The AIHW provides extracts of data from the National public hospital establishments database (NPHED) on request. A charge may apply. The amount charged will depend on the extract requirements and the complexity of the analysis undertaken. 

Confidentialised data based on records included in the collection are available for a range of health service research and planning purposes.

To request data from this collection email Hospital Unit

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Additional information and limitations

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• The actual definitions used by the data providers may vary from year to year and between jurisdictions and sectors. Comparisons between the states and territories, reporting years and hospital sectors should be therefore made with caution. 
• Public hospitals operated by the Department of Defence, correctional facilities and hospitals located in off-shore territories are not included.

Last reviewed on 30 May 2008