The Pathways in Aged Care (PIAC) link map is a data asset derived by linking aged care activity data from the National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse (NACDC) and death records from the National Death Index (NDI). It includes activity data for aged care assessments, home support, home care, transition care and residential aged care.
PIAC is suitable for person-based analysis of aged care pathways and patterns of program use over time. It links data from different aged care programs that do not use a common person identifier, enabling people’s care use to be tracked across services. Derived analysis data sets are available for recipient demographics, event sequence and service locations.
Collection details
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Temporal coverage
1/7/1997 to 30/6/2020
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Geographical coverage
National
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Data availability
- Publications
- Summary tables published in electronic form
- Statistics
Client specified tables on request which may be subject to data provider approval (charges apply)
Restricted unit record access subject to Ethics Committee approval and/or the agreement of all relevant data custodians in all states and territories (charges may apply).
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Data scope
The PIAC link map includes all people who used Australian Government-funded aged care services – including assessments, home care and home support, flexible care and residential care – between 1 July 1997 and 30 June 2020. It includes death records for anyone in the cohort who died between 1 July 1997 and 31 December 2020.
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Methodology
Admin data
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Metadata information
The PIAC technical guide is available on the GEN Aged Care Data website
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External links and information
Pathways in Aged Care (PIAC) topic on GEN
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Contact
[email protected]
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