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released: 30 Jan 2003

This publication outlines the aim of the Day Therapy Centre (DTC) Program, which is to provide a wide range of therapies such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and podiatry to frail older people living in the community and to residents of Commonwealth-funded residential aged care facilities.The Data Dictionary documents the outcomes of development work undertaken by the Institute, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, during 2001 and 2002 and includes definitions of the individual data items needed to assist with planning and policy development in the DTC program.

ISBN 978 1 74024 238 7; Cat. no. AGE 27; 158pp.; INTERNET ONLY

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Full publication (1.3M PDF)

  • Preliminary material (75K PDF)
    • Alphabetic list of data definitions
    • Abbreviations
    • Acknowledgments
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (119K PDF)
      1. The DTC data collection project
      2. National & international standards
      3. Objectives of the DTC data collection
      4. The DTC national census and Data Dictionary V1.0
      5. Scope of the DTC data collection
      6. Limitations of the DTC data collection
    2. Structure of the Data Dictionary (199K PDF)
      1. Format
      2. Content
      3. Organisation
    3. Data Definitions (390K PDF)
  • End matter (738K PDF)
    1. Appendix A
      • Census forms
    2. Appendix B
      • Definition of data element attributes
    3. Appendix C
      • Code list for country of birth
      • Alphabetic code list for Country of birth
    4. Appendix D
      • Code list for Health condition
      • Code list for Health condition - alphabetic
      • DTC Program Health condition code list mapped to the ICD-10-AM code
    5. Appendix E
      • Code list for Main language other than English spoken at home

Recommended citation

AIHW 2003. Day care therapy centre program data dictionary version 1.0. Cat. no. AGE 27. Canberra: AIHW.