Abbreviations and symbols
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ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
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ACSQHC |
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
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ADF |
Australian Defence Force |
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AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Air Force |
Royal Australian Air Force |
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APC |
Admitted Patient Care |
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Army |
Australian Army |
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Better Access |
Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care |
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Defence |
Department of Defence |
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DHT |
Defence Health and Transition |
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DVA |
Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
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ED |
Emergency Department |
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GP |
General practitioner |
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HSC Off-base |
Health Service Contracts Off-base |
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ICD |
International Classification of Disease |
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MADIP |
Multi-Agency Data Integration Project |
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MBS |
Medicare Benefits Schedule |
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MCD |
Medicare Consumer Directory |
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NAPEDC |
Non‑Admitted Patient Emergency Department Care |
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Navy |
Royal Australian Navy |
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NCIS |
National Coronial Information System |
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NDI |
National Death Index |
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NHS |
National Health Survey |
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NMD |
National Mortality Database |
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NTA |
National Treatment Account |
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PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
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PILS |
Pharmaceutical Integrated Logistics System |
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PMKeyS |
Personnel Management Key Solution |
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PTSD |
Post-traumatic stress disorder |
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RACGP |
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
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RPBS |
Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
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The interim National Commissioner |
Interim National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention |
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The Review |
Independent Review of Past Defence and Veteran Suicides |
| — | nil or rounded to zero |
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| . . | not applicable |
| n.a. | not available |
| n.p. | not publishable because of small numbers, confidentiality or other concerns about the quality of the data |