Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
  • Sections
    1. Introduction 
      1. Why do we need a national collection?
      2. Brief history of the national collection
      3. Roles and responsibilities
    2. Scope of the AODTS-NMDS
      1. Which agencies?
      2. Which clients?
      3. Which activities?
    3. What's new for 2002-03? 
      1. Treatment episodes reported by all jurisdictions
      2. Changes to existing data elements
    4. The data elements - in brief
      1. Establishment-level data elements
      2. Client-level data elements
      3. Supporting data element concepts
    5. Collection procedures and data quality
      1. Collation of the national data set
      2. Data transfer
      3. Data quality
    6. AIHW validation checks 
      1. AIHW validation checks
    7. Privacy and confidentiality of data 
      1. Privacy - an introduction
      2. Privacy and the AIHW
  • End matter 
    • References
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A: IGCD NMDS Working Group
      • Appendix B: Data definitions - NHDD extracts
      • Appendix C: Notes on ABS classifications
      • Appendix D: Common methods of use for selected drugs of concern
      • Appendix E: Extract of information Privacy Principles from the Privacy Act 1988.
        Some detail on the National Privacy Principles (for private sector organisations)