Injury surveillance national minimum data set: national health data dictionary, Version 12

Injury surveillance national minimum data set: national health data dictionary, Version 12

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National health data dictionary

A National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) is a core set of data elements agreed by the National Health Information Management Group for mandatory collection and reporting at a national level. One NMDS may include data elements that are also included in another National Minimum Data Set. A NMDS is contingent upon a national agreement to collect uniform data and to supply it as part of the national collection, but does not preclude agencies and service providers from collecting additional data to meet their own specific needs. The National Health Data Dictionary contains definitions of data elements that are included in NMDS collections in the health sector, including data elements used to derive some of the performance indicators required under Australian Health Care Agreements (bilateral agreements between the Commonwealth and State/Territory governments about funding and delivery of health services). The following pages contain the Injury surveillance NMDS and its associated data elements and data element concepts.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 16 September 2003; ISSN 1329 4555; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 300 1; AIHW cat. no. HWI 57; 23pp.; INTERNET ONLY


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  • Preliminary material 
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
      • Injury surveillance NMDS
    • Data elements included
      • Activity when injured
      • Bodily location of main injury
      • External cause - admitted patient
      • External cause - human intent 
      • Narrative description of injury event 
      • Nature of main injury - non-admitted patient
      • Place of occurrence of external cause of injury
    • Supporting data elements and data element concepts
      • Admitted patient
      • Non-admitted patient