Data source

Table 2: Data source attributes
AttributeDescription
National Health Data Hub (NHDH)More information about the NHDH is available on the National Health Data Hub.

Data custodian/owner

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Collection frequency

Annual

Latest data

2022–23

Description of data source

The NHDH is a major national de-identified linked data system that draws together core government administrative health and aged care datasets. It is an integral resource in the Australian health landscape and contributes widely to an array of government programs.

Definition of disability

The NHDH uses the National Disability Data Asset (NDDA) first-generation disability indicators to classify whether a person has a disability. These indicators were developed through the NDDA and include Australians who accessed disability-related government payments and services between 2020–21 to 2021–22. These indicators use data from Data Over Multiple Individual Occurrences (DOMINO) and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

The indicator describes the population of people who accessed a disability-specific support at the end of a month. Per month or quarter, the indicator captures individuals who are:

  • Currently eligible to receive Disability Support Pension (DSP)
  • Currently receive DSP payments
  • Currently receive Youth Disability Supplement payments
  • Recently received one-off Business Support Wage Assessment Tool payment
  • Currently received care from a person eligible for carer allowance / carer payment receipt
  • Currently an NDIS participant

The indicators reflect people who have a significant and permanent disability and would benefit from support services. This indicator will under-represent people where the disability would have not applied for these supports or are otherwise ineligible for the support listed above.

For more information, go to Disability indicators explanatory notes and How we identify people with disability.

Notes

  1. Data from Western Australia (WA) and the Northern Territory (NT) are excluded from all analyses using the NHDH.
  2. In this report, sex/gender was derived from the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). A small number of records have sex other than male or female but have been suppressed for confidentiality reasons.
  3. Only public hospital data was included in this analysis.
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