Resources
Documents
Governance protocols [PDF 659kB]
Project proposal form - Government project [PDF 220kB]
Project proposal form - Health research project [PDF 238kB]
How to reference the NIHSI [PDF 30kB]
Sharing outputs from NIHSI [PDF 115kB]
Output vetting checks
Vetting checks are required to be implemented on outputs that are requested for release from NIHSI. These checks include but are not limited to:
- Demographic disaggregation’s presented in the output are consistent with those outlined in the project proposal.
- Counts between 1 and 10 have been suppressed (this includes the suppression of measures, e.g. rates, with underlying counts between 1 and 10).
- National level data needs to be checked to see if a State or Territory is dominating the cell contribution, and State or Territory level data needs to be checked to see if a hospital is dominating the cell contribution.
- Minimum geographic area to be released is SA3.
- Denominator populations for geographical units, by demographic specifications (e.g. age and sex), must be greater than 1,000. Analysts must ensure compliance of reporting unit rules for each geographical unit.
- Consequential suppressions have been applied to ensure that suppressed data cannot be derived from totals, and/or from data in other cells and/or tables.
For more information, please refer to the Output clearance request briefing [PDF 200kB].
Egress and ingress processes
Outputs and inputs for the NIHSI are required to be processed through the output clearance briefing (attachment 10 in the Governance Protocols) and the Input clearance briefing (attachment 11 in the Governance Protocols). These documents once finalised are emailed to [email protected] for review and clearance by the NIHSI Data Custodian.
Input clearance request briefing [PDF 35kB]
Output clearance request briefing [PDF 200kB]
Third party releases (external release requests)
Following outputs being approved for internal release, the project leader may want to share their findings outside their government organisation (for researchers this process applies to anyone not listed on your approved project) you will require a third party briefing [link] to be submitted to [email protected] for approval by the data custodian. For government projects where state/territory data is presented in outputs the NIHSI Advisory Committee will require approval, this includes drafts and final reports. Other draft outputs will be provided to the NIHSI Advisory Committee for information after being cleared by the data custodian. For non-government projects all third party releases will require approval by the data custodian and the NIHSI Advisory Committee.
NIHSI third party request [PDF 54kB]
| Data collection | States/territories included | Timeframe |
|---|---|---|
National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD) – public hospitals | NSW, Vic., Qld., SA, Tas., ACT | 2010-11 to 2020-21 |
Chronic conditions – public hospitals | NSW, Vic., Qld., SA, Tas., ACT | 2015-16 to 2020-21 |
NHMD – private hospitals | Qld.* | 2010-11 to 2020-21 |
Chronic conditions – private hospitals | Qld. | 2015-16 to 2020-21
|
National Non-Admitted Patient Emergency Department Care Database (NNAPEDCD) | NSW, Vic., Qld., SA, Tas., ACT | 2010-11 to 2020-21 |
| National Non-Admitted Patient episode-level Databases (NNAP(el)D) | Tas. ACT | 2013-14 to 2020-21 |
National Death Index (NDI), | National (all states/territories) | 1 July 2010 to 31 December 2021 |
Residential Aged Care Services Data from the National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse (NACDC) EC2013/1/2 | National (all states/territories) | 2010-11 to 2020-21, episode entry before 30 June 2021 and/or a date of exit after July 2010 |
Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) EO2015/4/221-223 | National (all states/territories) | 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2021 |
| Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS) | National (all states/territories) | 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2021 |
*Includes complete census of licenced private hospitals in Queensland. This includes private psychiatric hospitals
**private hospital data for the ACT and Victoria includes some but not all private hospitals