Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
  • Body section
    1. Introduction
      • 1.1 Why do we need a national collection?
      • 1.2 Brief history of the national collection
      • 1.3 Roles and responsibilities
    2. Scope of the AODTS-NMDS
      • 2.1 Which agencies?
      • 2.2 Which clients?
      • 2.3 Which activities?
    3. What's new for 2004-05?
      • 3.1 Treatment episodes reported by all jurisdictions
      • 3.2 Changes to existing data elements-summary
    4. The data elements-in brief
      • 4.1 Establishment-level data elements
      • 4.2 Client-level data elements
      • 4.3 Supporting data element concepts
    5. Collection procedures and data quality
      • 5.1 Collation of the national data set
      • 5.2 Data transfer
      • 5.3 Data quality
    6. AIHW validation
      • 6.1 AIHW validation checks
    7. Privacy and confidentiality of data
      • 7.1 Privacy-an introduction
      • 7.2 Privacy and the AIHW
    8. Data release guidelines for the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services NMDS
  • End matter
    • References
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A
        • IGCD NMDS Working Group
      • Appendix B
        • Data definitions-NHDD extracts
      • Appendix C
        • Notes on Australian Bureau of Statistics classifications
      • Appendix D
        • Extract of Information Privacy Principles from the Privacy Act 1988