Mental health services in Australia 1998–99: National Minimum Data Sets - mental health care

"Mental health services in Australia 1998-99: National Minimum Data Sets - mental health care" provides detailed statistics on the characteristics and hospital care of admitted patients with a mental health related diagnosis and/or who were treated in specialised psychiatric services during 1998-99. For the first time data on Australia's community based mental health services are presented. These data, and data on psychiatric hospitals, include the number of services and beds in Australia, and key statistics on staffing and expenditure. The report also outlines data developments for collecting more comprehensive mental health service information.