Alcohol and other drug treatment services National Minimum Data Set: National Health Data Dictionary, version 12

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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 Alcohol and other drug treatment services 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 306 3; AIHW cat. no. HWI 51; 58pp.; INTERNET ONLY


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  • Preliminary material 
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
      • Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS
    • Data elements 
      • Client type - alcohol and other drug treatment services 
      • Country of birth
      • Date of birth 
      • Date of cessation of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
      • Date of commencement of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
      • Establishment identifier 
      • Geographical location of service delivery outlet
      • Indigenous status
      • Injecting drug use status
      • Main treatment type for alcohol and other drugs 
      • Method of use for principal drug of concern
      • Number of service contacts within a treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
      • Other drug of concern 
      • Other treatment type for alcohol and other drugs
      • Person identifier 
      • Principal drug of concern 
      • Reason for cessation of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
      • Sex
      • Source of referral to alcohol and other drug treatment service 
      • Treatment delivery setting for alcohol and other drugs 
    • Supporting data elements and data element concepts
      • Cessation of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs 
      • Commencement of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
      • Establishment number
      • Establishment sector
      • Region code
      • Service contact 
      • Service delivery outlet
      • State/Territory identifier
      • Treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs

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