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released: 24 Apr 2003 author: AIHW media release

The Commonwealth/State Disability Agreement Minimum Data Set (CSDA MDS) has provided data on Australia's national program of disability support services since 1994.By 1999, it had become obvious that changes in the nature of service provision, information needs and technology in use in the disability field had created a need for review and redevelopment of the collection.This report focuses on the processes undertaken to redevelop the collection, and outlines how the new data will satisfy a far wider range of information needs relating to this major national program.

ISSN 1444 3589; ISBN 978 1 74024 250 9; Cat. no. DIS 30; 137pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Australia's national disability services data collection

Disability series

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (156KPDF)
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • List of boxes
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Glossary
    • Summary (HTML)
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (153KPDF)
      1. Time for a new CSDA MDS
      2. Report outline
    2. Data available from the CSTDA NMDS (192KPDF)
      1. The scope and nature of the CSTDA NMDS
      2. The data items included in the CSTDA NMDS
      3. Key uses of CSTDA NMDS data
      4. Resourcing the project
      5. What information will the CSTDA NMDS give us?
    3. CSTDA NMDS redevelopment project (195KPDF)
      1. Redeveloping the CSTDA NMDS
      2. Preliminary CSDA MDS redevelopment project 1999
      3. CSTDA NMDS redevelopment project 2000-02
      4. Project management
      5. Data development and policy
      6. Data transmission strategy
      7. Communication and training
    4. Field testing (147KPDF)
      1. The purpose of field testing
      2. Round 1-preliminary field testing
      3. Round 2-first pilot field test
      4. Round 3-second pilot field test
      5. Post field testing-national training
    5. Data item history and development (162KPDF)
      1. Possible data items for the redeveloped CSTDA NMDS
      2. Service type outlet data items
      3. Service user data items
      4. Services received data items
    6. Key products for the CSTDA NMDS (83KPDF)
      1. Data Guide
      2. Service Type Outlet and Service User paper forms
      3. Data Transmission and Technical Guide
      4. Data Dictionary
      5. Network Guide
      6. Training materials
    7. Privacy and data principles (148KPDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Developing the privacy and data principles
      3. The CSTDA NMDS Privacy and Data Principles
      4. Statistical linkage key
      5. Privacy procedures
    8. Specialised data development areas (378KPDF)
      1. Service type, organisational units, agency identifiers and CSTDA funding
      2. Disability and functioning
      3. Support needs
      4. Indicators of outputs and outcomes
      5. Informal carer data items
      6. Feeding back into National Data Standards
    9. Conclusion (81KPDF)
  • End matter (177KPDF)
    • References
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: CSTDA NMDS Service Type Outlet and Service User Forms
      • Appendix 2: Facilitation and Implementation Group representatives on the CSTDA NMDS

Recommended citation

AIHW 2003. Australia's national disability services data collection: redeveloping the Commonwealth-state/territory disability agreement National Minimum Data Set. Disability Series. Cat. no. DIS 30. Canberra: AIHW.