The Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS NMDS) emanated from the national forum 'treatment and research – where to from here?' held in 1995 by the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia. In December 1999, the Commonwealth and state and territory governments, through the then National Health Information Management Group, endorsed a version of the AODTS NMDS for collection to commence on 1 July 2000.
The first data were collected for 2000-01; this was considered a pilot year. The data from 2001-02 onwards contain information about alcohol and other drug treatment services; the clients who use these services; the types of drug problems for which treatment is sought and the types of treatment provided.
Collection detailsVariables to support reporting and linkage- Age (Date of birth)
- Sex/gender
- Indigenous status
- SLA
- SA2
- Statistical Linkage Key
|
Temporal coverage from 1/7/2000 to 30/6/2023 |
Geographical coverage National National and State Other |
Data availability - Publications
- Data cubes
- Summary tables published in electronic form
- Statistics
Client specified tables on request which may be subject to data provider approval (charges apply). Restricted unit record access subject to Ethics Committee approval and/or the agreement of all relevant data custodians in all states and territories (charges may apply). Unit records are not available. |
Data scope Government publicly-funded alcohol and other drug treatment specialist services, national. |
Methodology Admin data Official |
Metadata information and data quality statement (DQS) Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2022-23
(METEOR 742035) AODTS NMDS 2022-23 DQS (METEOR 789411) |
External links and information AODTS NMDS AODTS in Australia 2022–23 Guidelines for AODTS data submitters 2023–24 data collection and submission information
|
Contact [email protected] |
