Palliative care Data sources - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Data sources

A range of data sources are used to provide an overview of palliative care services in Australia including, but not limited to, those listed in the following table.

Table 1: Data sources used in palliative care reports
Data sources	Section
National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD) National Public Hospital Establishments Database (NPHED) National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC)	Hospitals – Admitted patient palliative care
National Non-admitted Patient (episode-level) Database (NNAP(el)D) National Non-admitted Patient Care (aggregate) Database (NNAP(agg)D)	Non-admitted patient palliative care
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)/Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Data (RBPS)	Palliative care-related medications
Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) data collection	Medicare-subsidised palliative medicine attendance and case conference services
Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) collection	Palliative care outcomes
National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse	Palliative care for people living in residential aged care
National Health Workforce Data Set (NHWDS)	Palliative care workforce
Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) data collection Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)/Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Data (RBPS) National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC)	Expenditure on palliative care

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