Episodes of residential mental health care at the patient level for residents in all government-funded residential mental health services. 

Collection details
Variables to support reporting and linkage
  • Age (Date of birth)
  • Sex/gender
  • Indigenous status
  • SA2

Temporal coverage 

from 1/7/2004 to 30/6/2024

Geographical coverage

National and State

Data availability

  • Publications
  • Summary tables published in electronic form

Data scope 

Episodes of residential care for residents in all government-funded mental health services. The scope of the NMDS specifically excludes residential care services that are in receipt of funding of the Aged Care Act and subject to Commonwealth reporting requirements.

Methodology 

Admin data

Metadata information and data quality statement (DQS)

Residential mental health care NMDS 2023-24 Data Set Specification

(METEOR 756205

Contact

[email protected]

*Data collection with restricted access