Acronyms, symbols and glossary
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
ADF | Australian Defence Force |
ADSP | Accredited Data Service Provider |
AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
CI | Confidence Interval |
Defence | Department of Defence |
DVA | Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
ED | Emergency Department |
ICD-10 | International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision |
ICD-10 AM | International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision, Australian Modification |
IHACPA | Independent Hospital and Aged Care Pricing Authority |
MADIP | Multi-Agency Data Integration Project |
MBS | Medicare Benefits Schedule |
METEOR | Metadata Online Registry |
NCIS | National Coronial Information System |
NDI | National Death Index |
NHMD | National Hospital Morbidity Database |
NIHSI | National Integrated Health Services Information |
NMD | National Mortality Database |
NTA | National Treatment Account |
PBS | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
PD | Prevalence Proportion Difference |
PMKeyS | Personnel Management Key Solutions |
RPBS | Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| — | nil or rounded to zero |
| . . | not applicable |
| n.a. | not available |
| n.p. | not publishable because of small numbers, confidentiality, or other concerns about the quality of the data |
Glossary
Admitted patient: A patient who undergoes a hospital’s admission process to receive treatment and/or care.
External cause: The environmental event, circumstance or condition as the cause of injury, poisoning and other adverse effect.
International Classification of Diseases (ICD): The World Health Organization’s internationally accepted classification of diseases and related health conditions. The 10th revision, Australian modification (ICD-10-AM) is currently in use in Australian hospitals for admitted patients.
Participating hospital: Those hospitals whose data are included in National Health Data Hub via the National Hospital Morbidity Database.
Patient presentation at emergency department: The presentation of a patient at an emergency department occurs following the arrival of the patient at the emergency department. It is the earliest occasion of being registered clerically, or triaged.
Principal diagnosis: The principal diagnosis is the diagnosis considered to be chiefly responsible for occasioning an episode of patient care (hospitalisation).