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released: 7 Nov 2003 author: AIHW media release

This report presents national, state and territory data on publicly funded alcohol and other drug treatment services; the clients who use these services; the types of drug problems for which treatment is being sought; and the types of treatment provided. The National Minimum Data Set has been implemented to assist in monitoring and evaluating key objectives of the National Drug Strategic Framework and to assist in the planning, management and quality improvement of alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia. It provides useful information to government health authorities, researches and the broader community.

ISSN 1447-6746; ISBN 978 1 74024 327 8; Cat. no. HSE 28; 114pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (158K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures List of boxes List of appendix tables
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations Symbols
    • Highlights Treatment agencies Clients Treatment programs Special theme - alcohol
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (203K PDF)
      • Background
      • Alcohol and other drug treatment activities
        • Data sources
        • Types of treatment
      • The national collection
        • Basis of the collection
        • Scope of the collection
        • Counts in the collection
        • Responsibility for the collection
        • Outputs from the collection
      • The national collection
      • Recent drug use
    2. Treatment agency profile (101K PDF)
      • Establishment sector
      • Location of treatment agencies
    3. Client profile (203K PDF)
      • Closed treatment episodes and client registrations
      • Sex and age
      • Indigenous status
      • Principal drug of concern
        • Jurisdictions
        • Sex, age and principal drug of concern
        • Country of birth
        • Indigenous status and principal drug of concern
        • Geographical location and principal drug of concern
        • Source of referral
        • Other drug of concern
      • Injecting drug use
      • Reason for cessation of treatment episode
    4. Treatment programs (194K PDF)
      • Client type
      • Main treatments for selected principal drugs
        • Duration of treatment episode - principal drug of concern
      • Jurisdictions
      • Sex and age
      • Indigenous status
      • Additional treatments
      • Reason for cessation of treatment episode
      • Treatment delivery setting
        • Duration of treatment episode - treatment delivery setting
    5. Special theme - alcohol (178K PDF)
      • Client profile
        • Age and sex
        • Indigenous status
      • Treatment programs
        • Reason for cessation
        • Treatment delivery setting
    6. Other data collections (188K PDF)
      • Background
      • Monitoring alcohol and other drug problems
        • Key data collections on alcohol and other drug treatment services
        • Key collections supplementary to the AODTS - NMDS
        • Other data collections on drug use and treatment
      • Use, mortality and morbidity data
        • National Drug Strategy Household Survey
        • Mortality and morbidity attributable to tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use
      • National pharmacotherapy statistics
    7. Data quality of the AODTS - NMDS in 2001-02 (123K PDF)
      • Background
        • Comprehensiveness of the data
        • Collection basis undercount
      • Data quality - selected data items
        • Geographical location
        • Indigenous status
        • Source of referral
        • Injecting drug use
        • Principal drug of concern
        • Other drug of concern
        • Other treatment type
        • Treatment episode counts
        • Trends in counts
        • Timeliness
        • Not stated responses
  • End matter
    • Appendixes (142K PDF)
      • Appendix 1: Data elements included in the AODTS-NMDS for 2001-02
      • Appendix 2: Technical notes
      • Appendix 3: Detailed tables (141K PDF)
      • Appendix 4: Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) (155K PDF)
      • Appendix 5: ASCDC classification
      • Appendix 6: Mapping of ASCDC to ICD-10-AM codes
      • Appendix 7: Classification of Countries into English Proficiency Groups
    • References (80K PDF)

Recommended citation

AIHW 2003. Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2001-02: report on the National Minimum Data Set. Drug Treatment Series. Cat. no. HSE 28. Canberra: AIHW.