Australia's national disability services data collection: Redeveloping the Commonwealth-state/territory disability agreement National Minimum Data Set

Australia's national disability services data collection: Redeveloping the Commonwealth-state/territory disability agreement National Minimum Data Set

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The Commonwealth/State Disability Agreement Minimum Data Set (CSDA MDS) has provided data on Australia's national program of disability support services since 1994. By 1999, it had become obvious that changes in the nature of service provision, information needs and technology in use in the disability field had created a need for review and redevelopment of the collection. This report focuses on the processes undertaken to redevelop the collection, and outlines how the new data will satisfy a far wider range of information needs relating to this major national program.

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Published 24 April 2003; ISSN 1444 3589; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 250 9; AIHW cat. no. DIS 30; 137pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (156K PDF)
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • List of boxes
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Glossary
    • Summary (HTML)
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (153K PDF)
      1. Time for a new CSDA MDS
      2. Report outline
    2. Data available from the CSTDA NMDS (192K PDF)
      1. The scope and nature of the CSTDA NMDS
      2. The data items included in the CSTDA NMDS
      3. Key uses of CSTDA NMDS data
      4. Resourcing the project
      5. What information will the CSTDA NMDS give us?
    3. CSTDA NMDS redevelopment project (195K PDF)
      1. Redeveloping the CSTDA NMDS
      2. Preliminary CSDA MDS redevelopment project 1999
      3. CSTDA NMDS redevelopment project 2000-02
      4. Project management
      5. Data development and policy
      6. Data transmission strategy
      7. Communication and training
    4. Field testing (147K PDF)
      1. The purpose of field testing
      2. Round 1-preliminary field testing
      3. Round 2-first pilot field test
      4. Round 3-second pilot field test
      5. Post field testing-national training
    5. Data item history and development (162K PDF)
      1. Possible data items for the redeveloped CSTDA NMDS
      2. Service type outlet data items
      3. Service user data items
      4. Services received data items
    6. Key products for the CSTDA NMDS (83K PDF)
      1. Data Guide
      2. Service Type Outlet and Service User paper forms
      3. Data Transmission and Technical Guide
      4. Data Dictionary
      5. Network Guide
      6. Training materials
    7. Privacy and data principles (148K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Developing the privacy and data principles
      3. The CSTDA NMDS Privacy and Data Principles
      4. Statistical linkage key
      5. Privacy procedures
    8. Specialised data development areas (378K PDF)
      1. Service type, organisational units, agency identifiers and CSTDA funding
      2. Disability and functioning
      3. Support needs
      4. Indicators of outputs and outcomes
      5. Informal carer data items
      6. Feeding back into National Data Standards
    9. Conclusion (81K PDF)
  • End matter (177K PDF)
    • References
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: CSTDA NMDS Service Type Outlet and Service User Forms
      • Appendix 2: Facilitation and Implementation Group representatives on the CSTDA NMDS