Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set 2010-11: specifications and collection manual

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• Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set 2010-11 - specifications and collection manual
  • Preliminary pages
    • Title & verso pages
    • Contents
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary
  • Body pages
    • Summary
    • 1 Introduction
      • 1.1 How to use this document
      • 1.2 Why do we need a national collection?
      • 1.3 Brief history of the national collection
      • 1.4 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 2010–11?
      • 3.1 Changes in 2010–11
    • 4 AODTS data items
      • 4.1 Overview of data items in the NMDS
      • 4.2 Key definitions
        • 4.2.1 Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs
        • 4.2.2 Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—treatment commencement date
        • 4.2.3 Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—cessation reason
      • 4.3 Establishment-level items
        • 4.3.1 Establishment identifier
        • 4.3.2 Australian State/Territory identifier (establishment)
        • 4.3.3 Establishment sector
        • 4.3.4 Region code
        • 4.3.5 Establishment number
        • 4.3.6 Geographical location of service delivery outlet
      • 4.4 Episode-level items
        • 4.4.1 Client type (alcohol and other drug treatment services)
        • 4.4.2 Country of birth
        • 4.4.3 Date of birth
        • 4.4.4 Date of cessation of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
        • 4.4.5 Date of commencement of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
        • 4.4.6 Indigenous status
        • 4.4.7 Injecting drug use status
        • 4.4.8 Main treatment type for alcohol and other drugs
        • 4.4.9 Method of use for principal drug of concern
        • 4.4.10 Other drug of concern
        • 4.4.11 Other treatment type for alcohol and other drugs
        • 4.4.12 Person identifier
        • 4.4.13 Preferred language
        • 4.4.14 Principal drug of concern
        • 4.4.15 Reason for cessation of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
        • 4.4.16 Sex
        • 4.4.17 Source of referral to alcohol and other drug treatment service
        • 4.4.18 Treatment delivery setting for alcohol and other drugs
      • 4.5 A summary of data element changes
    • 5 Collection procedures, data quality and validation checks
      • 5.1 Collation of the national data set
      • 5.2 Data transfer
        • Service providers to health authorities
        • Health authorities to AIHW
        • File format
        • File transfer method
        • File content
        • Accompanying information
        • File specification
        • AIHW contacts for further information on file transfer
      • 5.3 Data quality
        • General checks that should be conducted
      • 5.4 AIHW validation checks
        • Database sign-off
        • Timeline for the validation process
        • Collection output
        • Future data development
    • 6 AODTS–NMDS privacy and data principles
      • 6.1 Introduction
      • 6.2 Relevant background material
        • Privacy Act and Information Privacy Principles
        • Relevant AIHW data policies
        • Relevant state and territory policies and practices
      • 6.3 Responsibilities and principles
        • Responsibilities of the treatment agencies
        • Responsibilities of the jurisdictions
        • Responsibilities of the AIHW
        • Principles
    • 7 Data release guidelines for the AODTS–NMDS
      • 7.1 Purpose
      • 7.2 Background
      • 7.3 Options for access to unpublished data
      • 7.4 Requests to AIHW for summarised national data
        • Published data
        • Unpublished data
      • 7.5 Requests to AIHW for access to unit record data in the national database
      • 7.6 Requests to states and territories for summarised or unit record data
        • Release of summarised state and/or territory data
        • Agency level data access requests
        • Cell size policy
        • Release of unit record data
      • 7.7 Requests from states and territories for the full data extract including NGOTGP agency data
      • 7.8 Requests from the AODTS–NMDS Working Group to explore data at meetings
      • 7.9 AIHW charging policy for ad hoc information services
      • 7.10 Data access forms
  • End matter
    • Appendix 1: A history of data element changes
    • Appendix 2: Members of the IGCD AODTS–NMDS Working Group
    • Appendix 3: Australian Standard Geographical Classification
    • Appendix 4: Standard Australian Classification of Countries
    • Appendix 5: Australian Standard Classification of Languages
    • Appendix 6: Australian Standard Classification of Drugs of Concern
    • Appendix 7: Steps for protecting privacy
    • Appendix 8: Privacy and the AIHW
    • Appendix 9: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Data Principles
    • References
    • List of tables