Data & data items
The National Integrated Health Services Information (NIHSI) has transitioned to the National Health Data Hub (NHDH).
NHDH is an enduring linked data system that brings together the following datasets.
| Data collection | States/territories included | Reference period |
|---|---|---|
Admitted patient care data drawn from the National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD) – public hospitals (including chronic conditions) | NSW, Vic, Qld, SA, Tas, ACT NSW, Vic, Qld, SA, Tas, ACT (chronic conditions) | 2010-11 to 2021-22 2015-16 to 2021-22 |
Admitted patient care data drawn from the NHMD – private hospitals (including chronic conditions) | Qld* Qld* (chronic conditions) ACT** ACT** (chronic conditions) Vic** Vic** (chronic conditions) | 2010-11 to 2021-22 2015-16 to 2021-22 2010-11 to 2018-19 2015-16 to 2018-19 2010-11 to 2016-17, 2021-22 2015-16 to 2016-17, 2021-22 |
National Non-Admitted Patient Emergency Department Care Database (NNAPEDCD) | NSW, Vic, Qld, SA, Tas, ACT | 2010-11 to 2021-22 |
National Non-Admitted Patient episode-level Databases (NNAP(el)D) | Tas, ACT Vic, Qld NSW | 2013-14 to 2021-22 2016-17 to 2021-22 2017-18 to 2021-22 |
National Death Index (NDI) | National (all states/territories) | 1 July 2010 to 31 December 2022 |
Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) | National (all states/territories) | 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2022 (Children) 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2022 (Adults) |
Australian government-funded aged care programs and assessment data from the National Aged Care Data Clearinghouse (NACDC) | National (all states/territories) | (Not yet tested as the datasets are still to be loaded) |
Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) | National (all states/territories) | 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2022 |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS) | National (all states/territories) | 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2022 |
*Includes complete census of licenced private hospitals in Queensland. This includes private psychiatric hospitals.
**private hospital data for the ACT and Victoria includes some but not all private hospitals.
The NHDH also includes a demography dataset created by the AIHW based on information available from commonwealth, and state and territory data sources. The demography dataset includes confidentialised age, sex, and Indigenous status information for linked individuals across all datasets in the NHDH.
The NHDH is working with data custodians to include the following datasets in the future:
National Community Mental Health Care Database
National Residential Mental Health Care Database
National Perinatal Data Collection
Specialist Homelessness Services Collection
Child Protection National Minimum Dataset
Australian Early Development Census (AEDC)
National Cancer Screening Register Data Collection
Australian Cancer Database
National Disability Insurance Scheme Dataset (NDIS)
National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS)
COVID-19 case data from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)
Generation Victoria (GenV) birth and parent cohort study.