Publication list

CSHA Community housing data collection 2006-07: results for the trial collection of unit record level dwelling and organisation administrative data

Welfare working paper no. 58

Authored by AIHW.

Published 12 May 2008; AIHW cat. no. WP 58; INTERNET ONLY

Community housing data collection 2005-06: results for the trial collection of unit record level dwelling and organisation administrative data

Welfare working paper

This working paper reports on the issues arising and findings from the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement community housing trial collection of unit record level dwelling and organisation administrative data for the year 2005-06. Current until 18 April 2008.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 19 April 2007; AIHW cat. no. WP 56; 77pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Community Housing Data Collection, 2004-05: results for the trial collection of unit record level dwelling and organisation administrative data

Welfare working paper no. 55

This working paper reports on the issues arising and findings from the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement community housing trial collection of unit record level dwelling and organisation administrative data for the year 2004-05. Removed 14/02/2008.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 13 February 2007; 78pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS specifications 2006-07: data dictionary, collection guidelines and validation processes

Welfare working paper no. 54

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.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 15 June 2006; 140pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Disability rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: updating the Indigenous factor in disability services performance indicator denominators

Welfare working paper no. 50

The 'potential population' is an estimate of the number of people who may at some time require access to specialist disability services and is used as the denominator of national performance indicators for disability services. Previously titled 'Potential population: updating the Indigenous factor in disability services performance indicator denominators'.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 14 February 2006; AIHW cat. no. WP 50; 18pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Information relating to the community services workforce

Welfare working paper

This report is intended to assist in defining the strategic directions that should be explored to support the development of national information about the community services workforce.

Authored by Vaughan G.

Published 8 February 2006; AIHW cat. no. HWL 33; 70pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Functioning and related health outcomes module, the development of a data capture tool for health and community services information systems

Welfare working paper no. 53

This report describes work that sets out to explore the value of a module of information on functional status as a health outcomes measure and to develop a framework for the development of such a module.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 12 January 2006; AIHW cat. no. WP 53; 142pp.; FREE

CSTDA NMDS tables prepared for the CSTDA annual public report 2003-04

Welfare working paper no. 51

The Commonwealth State/ Territory Disability Agreement Annual Public Report 2003-04 (NDA 2005) was approved for release by the Community and Disability Services Ministers' Conference in July 2005. The present report is, essentially, a technical, statistical complement to the CSTDA Annual Public Report, presenting but not describing the tables prepared for use in Chapter 7 of that report. These tables are based on data from the 2003-04 Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set (CSTDA NMDS). For a more detailed report on the 2003-04 CSTDA NMDS, please refer to the AIHW publication Disability Support Services 2003-04 (AIHW 2005). Current until 4 November 2006.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 4 November 2005; AIHW cat. no. DIS 42; 16pp.; OUT OF PRINT

Medical indemnity national collection (public sector) data guide: Data items and definitions 2003-04

Welfare working paper no. 49

The data guide can also be found as additional material to 'Medical indemnity national data collection, public sector 2003 to 2004'. It is designed to assist all those involved in supplying or analysing Medical Indemnity National Collection (MINC) data. It details the scope and context of the MINC, and then presents the medical indemnity information model and counting rules. The data guide also provides detailed information about every data item in the MINC. Current until 4 August 2006.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 4 August 2005; 70pp.; OUT OF PRINT

Indigenous disability data inventory

Welfare working paper no. 48

This Indigenous disability data inventory provides a list of publications and other information sources which have led to, or could lead to, improved national disability data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. These sources may include data concerning Indigenous people with a disability or discuss Indigenous data development issues, such as Aboriginal identification. Many also consider the various ways disability is conceptualised by Indigenous people. Current until 21 June 2006.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 21 June 2005; 15pp.; OUT OF PRINT