Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS specifications 2003-04: data dictionary, collection guidelines and validation processes

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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 Commonwealth, state and territory departments, and alcohol and other drug treatment agency staff directly involved in the collection and reporting of the data set.

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Published 19 June 2003; ISSN 1447-6746; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 278 3; AIHW cat. no. HSE 26; 133pp.; INTERNET ONLY

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Full publication (684K PDF)

  • Preliminary material (174K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
  • Sections
    1. Introduction (117K PDF)
      1. Why do we need a national collection?
      2. Brief history of the national collection
      3. Roles and responsibilities
    2. Scope of the AODTS-NMDS (102K PDF)
      1. Which agencies?
      2. Which clients?
      3. Which activities?
    3. What's new for 2003-04? (145K PDF)
      1. Treatment episodes reported by all jurisdictions
      2. Changes to existing data elements - summary
    4. The data elements - in brief (192K PDF)
      1. Establishment-level data elements
      2. Client-level data elements
      3. Supporting data element concepts 
    5. Collection procedures and data quality (192K PDF)
      1. Collation of the national data set
      2. Data transfer
      3. Data quality
    6. AIHW validation (192K PDF)
      1. AIHW validation checks
      2. Privacy - an introduction
      3. Privacy and the AIHW
    7. Privacy and confidentiality of data (161K PDF)
      1. Privacy - an introduction
      2. Privacy and the AIHW
    8. Data release guidelines for the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services NMDS 2000-01 (175K PDF)
  • End matter (343K PDF)
    • References
    • Appendix A: 
      • IGCD NMDS Working Group
    • Appendix B: 
      • Data definitions - NHDD extracts
    • Appendix C: 
      • Notes on Australian Bureau of Statistics classifications
    • Appendix D:
      • Extract of Information Privacy Principles from the Privacy Act 1988
      • Some detail on the National Privacy Principles (for private sector organisations)

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