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Aged Care National Minimum Data Set 2023-24

774715 | Data Set Specification | Department of Health and Aged Care
The Aged Care National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) is a core set of standardised data items for mandatory collection and reporting at a national level about aged care.The purpose of the Aged Care NMDS is to improve data quality, comparability and usefulness of data collected across the aged care sector. This means that data must be collected in accordance with the NMDS data specifications at the point of care, capture or record creation (as applicable).In scope is aged care - which includes both car...
Standard: Aged Care

Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2024-25

775611 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Alcohol and other drug treatment services national minimum data set (NMDS) is nationally mandated for collection and reporting.The NMDS covers: Publicly funded government and non-government agencies providing alcohol and/or drug treatment services. This includes community-based ambulatory services and outpatient services.The following services are currently not included in the coverage:services based in prisons and other correctional institutions;agencies that provide primarily accommodation...
Standard: Health

Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS, 2013–14; Quality Statement

606485 | Data Quality Statement
Summary of key data quality issues Data are reported by each state and territory regardless of funding type. Because all services are publicly funded, they receive at least some of their funding through a state, territory or Australian government program. The actual funding program cannot be differentiated, however services are categorised according to their sector, with government-funded and -operated services reported as public services and those operated by non-government organisations report...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS, 2021–22; Quality Statement

773410 | Data Quality Statement | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description The AIHW collects Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Dataset (AODTS NMDS) data annually on closed episodes of treatment provided to clients of alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment agencies, including data on drugs of concern and the types of treatment received. The AODTS NMDS counts completed treatment episodes provided to clients by in-scope alcohol and other drug treatment agencies. This includes all clients who had completed 1 or more treatment episodes a...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Community mental health care NMDS 2009–10: National Community Mental Health Care Database, 2011; Quality Statement

495355 | Data Quality Statement
The National Community Mental Health Care Database (NCMHCD) contains data on service contacts provided by public sector specialised community mental health services in Australia. There is some variation in the types of service contacts included in jurisdictional data. For example, some jurisdictions may include written correspondence as service contacts while others do not. The Indigenous status data should be interpreted with caution due to the varying and, in some instances, unknown quality ...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Community mental health care NMDS 2010–11: National Community Mental Health Care Database, 2012; Quality Statement

502731 | Data Quality Statement
The National Community Mental Health Care Database (NCMHCD) contains data on service contacts provided by public sector specialised community mental health services in Australia. There is some variation in the types of service contacts included in jurisdictional data. For example, some jurisdictions may include written correspondence as service contacts while others do not. The Indigenous status data should be interpreted with caution due to the varying and, in some instances, unknown quality ...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Community mental health care NMDS 2011–12: National Community Mental Health Care Database, 2014; Quality Statement

561697 | Data Quality Statement
The National Community Mental Health Care Database (NCMHCD) contains data on service contacts provided by public sector specialised community mental health services in Australia. There is some variation in the types of service contacts included in jurisdictional data. For example, some jurisdictions may include written correspondence as service contacts while others do not. The Indigenous status data should be interpreted with caution due to the varying and, in some instances, unknown quality ...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Community mental health care NMDS 2012–13: National Community Mental Health Care Database, 2014; Quality Statement

593633 | Data Quality Statement
The National Community Mental Health Care Database (NCMHCD) contains data on service contacts provided by public sector specialised community mental health services in Australia. There is some variation in the types of service contacts included in jurisdictional data. For example, some jurisdictions may include written correspondence as service contacts while others do not. The Indigenous status data should be interpreted with caution due to the varying quality of Indigenous identification acr...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Community mental health care NMDS 2016–17: National Community Mental Health Care Database, 2018; Quality Statement

696404 | Data Quality Statement
The National Community Mental Health Care Database (NCMHCD) contains data on service contacts provided by public sector specialised community mental health services in Australia. There is some variation in the types of service contacts included in the data. For example, some states or territories may include written correspondence as service contacts while others do not. The Indigenous status data should be interpreted with caution due to the varying quality of Indigenous identification acros...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Community mental health care NMDS 2017–18: National Community Mental Health Care Database, 2019; Quality Statement

719722 | Data Quality Statement
The National Community Mental Health Care Database (NCMHCD) contains data on service contacts provided by public sector specialised community mental health services in Australia. There is some variation in the types of service contacts included in the data. For example, some states or territories may include written correspondence as service contacts while others do not. The Indigenous status data should be interpreted with caution due to the varying quality of Indigenous identification acros...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Community mental health care NMDS 2021–22: National Community Mental Health Care Database, 2023; Quality Statement

780645 | Data Quality Statement | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The National Community Mental Health Care Database (NCMHCD) contains data on service contacts provided by public sector specialised community mental health services in Australia.There is some variation in the types of service contacts included in the data. For example, some states or territories may include written correspondence as service contacts while others do not.The Indigenous status data should be interpreted with caution due to the varying quality of Indigenous identification across jur...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Community mental health care NMDS 2024–25

775620 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Community mental health care national minimum data set (CMHC NMDS) includes data about mental health service contacts provided by specialised mental health services for patients/clients in the community; that is patients/clients not admitted to admitted patient mental health care services or residential mental health care services.The scope includes:ambulatory mental health care provided by service units covering all target populations.The scope excludes:all care to admitted patients, includ...
Standard: Health

Disability Services National Minimum Data Set 2018-19; Quality Statement

728139 | Data Quality Statement | AIHW
Up until July 2019, States and territories and the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) (‘the jurisdictions’) collected data on the disability support services provided under the National Disability Agreement (NDA). The AIHW has compiled the Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS) annually from the information supplied by jurisdictions. The last year of data collected under the DS NMDS related to the 2018–19 financial year. Services provided under the NDA h...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Disability Services NMDS 2012-14

461640 | Data Set Specification | National Disability Data Network (NDDN)
The Disability Services Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS) and is a national collection that has: a set of nationally significant data items or pieces of information that are collected in all Australian jurisdictions; and an agreed method of collection and transmission. The purpose of the DS NMDS collection is to facilitate the annual collation of nationally comparable data about National Disability Agreement (NDA)-funded disability services, and to obtain reliable, consistent data with minimal load o...
Standard: Community Services (retired)

Disability Services NMDS 2018–19

698074 | Data Set Specification | National Disability Data Network (NDDN)
The Disability Services National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS) is an annual collation of nationally comparable data about disability support services provided under the National Disability Agreement (NDA). Under the NDA, the Disability Administrators in all Australian jurisdictions are responsible for ensuring that DS NMDS information is comparable across all jurisdictions and years. Services within the scope of the collection are those for which funding has been provided during the reporting perio...
Standard: Disability

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2018

686212 | Data Set Specification | Australian Department of Education and Training
This data set has been developed to support the collection of data under the National Information Agreement on Early Childhood Education and Care. Responsibility for early childhood learning and care is shared between the Australian Government and the state and territory governments, and involves a wide range of service providers including government, local government, community, schools and the private sector. The Agreement provides a framework for cooperation between the Australian Government,...
Standard: Early Childhood

Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2023

772443 | Data Set Specification | Department of Education
This data set has been developed to support the collection of data under the National Information Agreement on Early Childhood Education and Care (NIA ECEC). Responsibility for early childhood learning and care is shared between the Australian Government and the state and territory governments, and involves a wide range of service providers including government, local government, community, schools and the private sector.The NIA ECEC provides a framework for cooperation between the Australian Go...
Standard: Early Childhood

Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set 2014-15: Data Quality Statement

635597 | Data Quality Statement | AIHW
Summary of Key Issues · The Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set (JJ NMDS) contains information on young people in Australia who were supervised by youth justice agencies because they were alleged or proven to have committed an offence. The JJ NMDS is the only national collection of youth justice data. · The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) compiles the JJ NMDS each year using data extracted from the administrative systems of the state and territory depart...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set Data Quality Statement

515023 | Data Quality Statement | AIHW
Summary of Key Issues The Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set (JJ NMDS) contains information on young people in Australia who were supervised by juvenile justice agencies because they were alleged or proven to have committed an offence. The JJ NMDS is the only national collection of juvenile justice data. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) compiles the JJ NMDS each year using data extracted from the administrative systems of the state and territory departments respons...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set Data Quality Statement

490897 | Data Quality Statement | AIHW
Summary of Key Issues The Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set (JJ NMDS) contains information on young people in Australia who were supervised by juvenile justice agencies because they were alleged or proven to have committed an offence. The JJ NMDS is the only national collection of juvenile justice data. There are a number of data quality and coverage limitations specific to each state and territory. In particular, Western Australia and the Northern Territory did not provide JJ NMDS da...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set Data Quality Statement

601986 | Data Quality Statement | AIHW
Summary of Key Issues The Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set (JJ NMDS) contains information on young people in Australia who were supervised by youth justice agencies because they were alleged or proven to have committed an offence. The JJ NMDS is the only national collection of youth justice data. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) compiles the JJ NMDS each year using data extracted from the administrative systems of the state and territory departments responsible f...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set Data Quality Statement

558327 | Data Quality Statement | AIHW
Summary of Key Issues The Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set (JJ NMDS) contains information on young people in Australia who were supervised by youth justice agencies because they were alleged or proven to have committed an offence. The JJ NMDS is the only national collection of youth justice data. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) compiles the JJ NMDS each year using data extracted from the administrative systems of the state and territory departments responsible f...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Juvenile Justice NMDS 2009

378088 | Data Set Specification | Juvenile Justice Data Sub-Committee
The Juvenile Justice NMDS contains information about young people under juvenile justice supervision in Australia. Young people under juvenile justice supervision are defined as those who are under the supervision or case management of a juvenile justice agency because they have: committed or allegedly committed an offence between the ages of 10–17 years OR committed or allegedly committed an offence when aged over 17 years and who are treated as young people due to their vulnerabili...
Standard: Community Services (retired)

Juvenile Justice NMDS 2015–16; Quality Statement

666484 | Data Quality Statement
Summary of Key IssuesThe Juvenile Justice National Minimum Data Set (JJ NMDS) contains information on young people in Australia who were supervised by youth justice agencies because they were alleged or proven to have committed an offence. The JJ NMDS is the only national collection of youth justice data.The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) compiles the JJ NMDS each year using data extracted from the administrative systems of the state and territory departments responsible for y...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Mental Health Establishments NMDS 2016–17: National Mental Health Establishments Database, 2019; Quality Statement

706801 | Data Quality Statement
The long term nature of the data contained in the National Mental Health Establishments Database (NMHED) means any analysis must consider all of the coherence caveats included in this quality statement. These specify classification changes from year to year. For example, changes to the classification of services from hospital to residential services. Service level expenditure comparisons between states and territories must take into consideration the service profile mix in each jurisdiction. ...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Mental Health Establishments NMDS 2017–18: National Mental Health Establishments Database, 2020; Quality Statement

726039 | Data Quality Statement
The long term nature of the data contained in the National Mental Health Establishments Database (NMHED) means any analysis must consider all of the coherence caveats included in this quality statement. These specify classification changes from year to year. For example, changes to the classification of services from hospital to residential services. Service level expenditure comparisons between states and territories must take into consideration the service profile mix in each jurisdiction. ...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Mental Health Establishments NMDS 2018–19: National Mental Health Establishments Database, 2021; Quality Statement

736794 | Data Quality Statement
The long term nature of the data contained in the National Mental Health Establishments Database (NMHED) means any analysis must consider all of the coherence caveats included in this quality statement. These specify classification changes from year to year. For example, changes to the classification of services from hospital to residential services. Service level expenditure comparisons between states and territories must take into consideration the service profile mix in each jurisdiction. ...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Mental Health Establishments NMDS 2021–22: National Mental Health Establishments Database, 2024; Quality Statement

785322 | Data Quality Statement | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
DescriptionThe National Mental Health Establishments Database (NMHED) contains data on specialised mental health care services managed or funded by state or territory health authorities in Australia. The NMHED is specified by the Mental Health Establishments (MHE) National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) (see link).The NMHED includes data from 1992–93 to 2021–22. Since 2005–06 data have been compiled as specified by the MHE NMDS. Prior to this (1992–93 to 2004–05), data were collected through the Nation...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Mental health establishments NMDS 2024–25

775628 | Data Set Specification | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The scope of the Mental health establishments national minimum data set (MHE NMDS) is all specialised mental health services managed or funded by state or territory health authorities. The concept of a specialised mental health service is not dependent on the inclusion of the service within the state or territory mental health budget. Services funded by government from non-mental health specific budgets are considered in-scope for collection if they meet the definition of a specialised mental he...
Standard: Health

Residential mental health care NMDS 2016–17: National Residential Mental Health Care Database, 2018; Quality Statement

698639 | Data Quality Statement
The National Residential Mental Health Care Database (NRMHCD) contains data on episodes of residential care provided by government-funded, 24-hour staffed, residential mental health services in Australia. The inclusion of government-funded, non-government-operated services and services that are not staffed for 24 hours a day is optional. The Indigenous status data should be interpreted with caution due to the varying quality of Indigenous identification. Description The National Residentia...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Residential mental health care NMDS 2017–18: National Residential Mental Health Care Database, 2019; Quality Statement

719720 | Data Quality Statement
The National Residential Mental Health Care Database (NRMHCD) contains data on episodes of residential care provided by government-funded, 24-hour staffed, residential mental health services in Australia. The inclusion of government-funded, non-government-operated services and services that are not staffed for 24 hours a day is optional. The Indigenous status data should be interpreted with caution due to the varying quality of Indigenous identification. Description The National Residentia...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Residential mental health care NMDS 2021–22: National Residential Mental Health Care Database, 2023; Quality Statement

780647 | Data Quality Statement | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The National Residential Mental Health Care Database (NRMHCD) contains data on episodes of residential care provided by government-funded, 24-hour staffed, residential mental health services in Australia.The inclusion of government-funded, non-government-operated services and services that are not staffed for 24 hours a day is optional.The Indigenous status data should be interpreted with caution due to the varying quality of Indigenous identification.DescriptionThe NRMHCD contains data on episo...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Youth Justice NMDS 2018–19; Quality Statement

727401 | Data Quality Statement
Summary of Key IssuesThe Youth Justice National Minimum Data Set (YJ NMDS) contains information on young people in Australia who were supervised by youth justice agencies because they were alleged or proven to have committed an offence. The YJ NMDS is the only national collection of youth justice data.The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) compiles the YJ NMDS each year using data extracted from the administrative systems of the state and territory departments responsible for yout...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

Youth Justice NMDS 2022–23; Quality Statement

787207 | Data Quality Statement | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
DescriptionThe youth justice system is the set of processes and practices for dealing with children and young people who have committed or allegedly committed offences. In Australia, youth justice is the responsibility of state and territory governments, each with its own youth justice legislation, policies and practices.The Youth justice national minimum data set (YJ NMDS) contains information on all children and young people in Australia who are supervised by youth justice agencies both in the...
Standard: AIHW Data Quality Statements

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