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released: 31 Mar 2004

These guidelines have been prepared as a reference for those involved in collecting andsupplying the data for the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National MinimumData Set (AODTS?NMDS). It should be particularly useful to staff in Commonwealth, stateand territory departments, and alcohol and other drug treatment agency staff directlyinvolved in the collection and reporting of the data set. Current until 31 March 2005.

Cat. no. HSE 30; 136pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
  • Body section
    1. Introduction
      • 1.1 Why do we need a national collection?
      • 1.2 Brief history of the national collection
      • 1.3 Roles and responsibilities
    2. Scope of the AODTS-NMDS
      • 2.1 Which agencies?
      • 2.2 Which clients?
      • 2.3 Which activities?
    3. What's new for 2004-05?
      • 3.1 Treatment episodes reported by all jurisdictions
      • 3.2 Changes to existing data elements-summary
    4. The data elements-in brief
      • 4.1 Establishment-level data elements
      • 4.2 Client-level data elements
      • 4.3 Supporting data element concepts
    5. Collection procedures and data quality
      • 5.1 Collation of the national data set
      • 5.2 Data transfer
      • 5.3 Data quality
    6. AIHW validation
      • 6.1 AIHW validation checks
    7. Privacy and confidentiality of data
      • 7.1 Privacy-an introduction
      • 7.2 Privacy and the AIHW
    8. Data release guidelines for the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services NMDS
  • End matter
    • References
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A
        • IGCD NMDS Working Group
      • Appendix B
        • Data definitions-NHDD extracts
      • Appendix C
        • Notes on Australian Bureau of Statistics classifications
      • Appendix D
        • Extract of Information Privacy Principles from the Privacy Act 1988

Recommended citation

AIHW 2004. Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS specifications 2004-05: Data dictionary, collection guidelines and validation processes. Cat. no. HSE 30. Canberra: AIHW.