Table of contents
- Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set 2010-11 - specifications and collection manual
- Preliminary pages
- Title & verso pages
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Summary
- Preliminary pages
- Body pages
- Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 How to use this document
- 1.2 Why do we need a national collection?
- 1.3 Brief history of the national collection
- 1.4 Roles and responsibilities
- 2 Scope of the AODTS–NMDS
- 2.1 Which agencies?
- 2.2 Which clients?
- 2.3 Which activities?
- 3 What's new for 2010–11?
- 3.1 Changes in 2010–11
- 4 AODTS data items
- 4.1 Overview of data items in the NMDS
- 4.2 Key definitions
- 4.2.1 Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs
- 4.2.2 Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—treatment commencement date
- 4.2.3 Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—cessation reason
- 4.3 Establishment-level items
- 4.3.1 Establishment identifier
- 4.3.2 Australian State/Territory identifier (establishment)
- 4.3.3 Establishment sector
- 4.3.4 Region code
- 4.3.5 Establishment number
- 4.3.6 Geographical location of service delivery outlet
- 4.4 Episode-level items
- 4.4.1 Client type (alcohol and other drug treatment services)
- 4.4.2 Country of birth
- 4.4.3 Date of birth
- 4.4.4 Date of cessation of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
- 4.4.5 Date of commencement of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
- 4.4.6 Indigenous status
- 4.4.7 Injecting drug use status
- 4.4.8 Main treatment type for alcohol and other drugs
- 4.4.9 Method of use for principal drug of concern
- 4.4.10 Other drug of concern
- 4.4.11 Other treatment type for alcohol and other drugs
- 4.4.12 Person identifier
- 4.4.13 Preferred language
- 4.4.14 Principal drug of concern
- 4.4.15 Reason for cessation of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
- 4.4.16 Sex
- 4.4.17 Source of referral to alcohol and other drug treatment service
- 4.4.18 Treatment delivery setting for alcohol and other drugs
- 4.5 A summary of data element changes
- 5 Collection procedures, data quality and validation checks
- 5.1 Collation of the national data set
- 5.2 Data transfer
- Service providers to health authorities
- Health authorities to AIHW
- File format
- File transfer method
- File content
- Accompanying information
- File specification
- AIHW contacts for further information on file transfer
- 5.3 Data quality
- General checks that should be conducted
- 5.4 AIHW validation checks
- Database sign-off
- Timeline for the validation process
- Collection output
- Future data development
- 6 AODTS–NMDS privacy and data principles
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Relevant background material
- Privacy Act and Information Privacy Principles
- Relevant AIHW data policies
- Relevant state and territory policies and practices
- 6.3 Responsibilities and principles
- Responsibilities of the treatment agencies
- Responsibilities of the jurisdictions
- Responsibilities of the AIHW
- Principles
- 7 Data release guidelines for the AODTS–NMDS
- 7.1 Purpose
- 7.2 Background
- 7.3 Options for access to unpublished data
- 7.4 Requests to AIHW for summarised national data
- Published data
- Unpublished data
- 7.5 Requests to AIHW for access to unit record data in the national database
- 7.6 Requests to states and territories for summarised or unit record data
- Release of summarised state and/or territory data
- Agency level data access requests
- Cell size policy
- Release of unit record data
- 7.7 Requests from states and territories for the full data extract including NGOTGP agency data
- 7.8 Requests from the AODTS–NMDS Working Group to explore data at meetings
- 7.9 AIHW charging policy for ad hoc information services
- 7.10 Data access forms
- End matter
- Appendix 1: A history of data element changes
- Appendix 2: Members of the IGCD AODTS–NMDS Working Group
- Appendix 3: Australian Standard Geographical Classification
- Appendix 4: Standard Australian Classification of Countries
- Appendix 5: Australian Standard Classification of Languages
- Appendix 6: Australian Standard Classification of Drugs of Concern
- Appendix 7: Steps for protecting privacy
- Appendix 8: Privacy and the AIHW
- Appendix 9: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Data Principles
- References
- List of tables