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released: 6 Apr 2005

These guidelines have been prepared as a reference for those involved in collecting and supplying the data for the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS-NMDS). It should be particularly useful to staff in Australian Government, state and territory departments, and alcohol and other drug treatment agency staff directly involved in the collection and reporting of the data set. Current until 6 April 2006.

Cat. no. HSE 36; 0pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS specifications 2005-06

Data dictionary, collection guidelines and validation processes

Welfare Working Paper 47

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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 2005-06?
      • 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 Episode (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
      • 8.1 Purpose
      • 8.2 Background
      • 8.3 Summary of unpublished data access options
      • 8.4 Requests to AIHW for summarised national data
      • 8.5 Requests to AIHW for access to unit record data in the national database
      • 8.6 AIHW charging policy for ad hoc information services
      • 8.7 Requests to states and territories for summarised or unit record data
      • 8.8 Other alcohol and other drug data
  • End matter
    • References
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A: IGCD AODTS-NMDS Working Group contact list
      • Appendix B: Data definition - NHDD extracts
      • Appendix C: Data element changes
      • Appendix D: Notes on Australian Bureau of Statistics classifications
      • Appendix E: Extracts and information about the Privacy Act 1998

Recommended citation

AIHW 2005. Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS specifications 2005-06: Data dictionary, collection guidelines and validation processes. Cat. no. HSE 36. Canberra: AIHW.