The Model of Care Data Set (MoC DS) is a national maternity service-based data collection that contains data about the maternity Models of Care offered by maternity services.
The data elements within this dataset reflect the characteristics of 11 major models of care, under which women would be cared for by a health professional. The MoC DS reflect maternity plans at the population level, not the individual. As such no individual unit record data is held in this collection.
Temporal coverage from 1/1/2018 to 30/4/2021 |
Geographical coverage National National and State |
Data availability
Unit records are not available. |
Data scope The Maternity model of care (MoC) National best practice data set (NBPDS) is not mandated for collection. This data set enables maternity care providers to classify models of care using the Maternity Care Classification System (MaCCS).
The development of the MaCCS and the MoC NBPDS was undertaken as part of the National Maternity Data Development Project under the guidance of an expert advisory group and included wide-reaching consultation with relevant stakeholder groups around the country. |
Methodology |
Metadata information and data quality statement (DQS) See Maternity model of care (MoC) National best practice data set (NBPDS). |
External links and information Nomenclature for models of maternity care: a consultation report |
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