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released: 17 Oct 2008 author: AIHW media release

Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2006-07: report on the National Minimum Data Set presents national, state and territory data on publicly funded alcohol and other drug treatment services and their clients, including information about the types of drugs for which treatment is sought and the types of treatment provided. This is the seventh report in the series of annual publications on the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS-NMDS). This report, along with others in the Drug Treatment series, is useful for policy-makers, planners, researchers and the broader community.

ISSN 1447-6746; ISBN 978 1 74024 838 9; Cat. no. HSE 59; 120pp.; FREE

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary
  • Sections
    1. Introduction
      1. Report purpose and structure
      2. Collection method and data included
      3. Scope of the AODTS-NMDS
      4. Collection count
      5. Interpretation of the 2006-07 collection
      6. Outputs from the AODTS-NMDS collection
    2. Treatment agency profile
      1. Treatment agency sector
      2. Location of treatment agencies
      3. Location of treatment agencies and treatment types
    3. Client profile
        1. Client type
        2. Age and sex
        3. Indigenous status
        4. Country of birth and preferred language
    4. Drugs of concern
      1. Context
      2. Principal drug of concern
      3. All drugs of concern
      4. Alcohol
      5. Cannabis
      6. Amphetamines
      7. Heroin
      8. Benzodiazepines
      9. Ecstasy
      10. Cocaine
    5. Treatment programs
      1. Main treatment types
      2. Additional treatments
      3. Counselling
      4. Withdrawal management (detoxification)
      5. Assessment only
      6. Information and education only
      7. Support and case management only
      8. Rehabilitation
      9. Other main treatment types
      10. National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data collection 2007
    6. Data quality of the AODTS-NMDS in 2006-07
      1. Comprehensiveness of the data
      2. Data quality
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      1. Data elements in the AODTS-NMDS for 2006-07
      2. Policy and administrative features in each jurisdiction
      3. Detailed tables
      4. Australian Standard Geographical Classification
      5. Australian Standard Classification of Drugs of Concern (ASCDC)
      6. Alcohol and other drug treatment provided by services funded to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
      7. Mapping of ICD-10-AM codes to ASCDC output categories
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • List of boxes

Recommended citation

AIHW 2008. Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2006-07: report on the National Minimum Data Set. Drug treatment series no. 8. Cat. no. HSE 59. Canberra: AIHW.