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Establishment—number of separations (financial year), total N[NNNNN]

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termSeparations
Synonymous names:Help on this termDischarge
METEOR identifier:Help on this term270407
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
Definition:Help on this termThe total number of separations occurring during the reference period. This includes both formal and statistical separations.
Data Element Concept:Establishment—number of separations

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termTotal
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN[NNNNN]
Maximum character length:Help on this term6
Unit of measure:Help on this termSeparation

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

May be calculated at:

  • individual establishment level; or
  • system (i.e. state/territory) level i.e. the sum of the number of establishments.

The sum of the number of separations where the separation date has a value:

  • >= the beginning of the reference period (typically a financial year); and
  • <= the end of the reference period.

Source and reference attributes

Origin:Help on this termNational Health Data Committee

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes PDFSeparations, version 2, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (14.3 KB) No registration status
Is formed using Episode of admitted patient care—separation date, DDMMYYYY
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 09/08/2018
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Recorded 16/07/2015
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016
See also Specialised mental health service—number of episodes of admitted care, total episodes N[NNNN]
  • Health, Standard 13/11/2014
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Community mental health establishments NMDS 2004-05Health, Superseded 08/12/2004

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2004

Implementation end date: 30/06/2005


Mental health establishments NMDS 2005-06Health, Superseded 07/12/2005

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2005


Mental health establishments NMDS 2005-06Health, Superseded 21/03/2006

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2005

Implementation end date: 30/06/2006

DSS specific information:

For the Mental health establishments national minimum data set, separations are only to be reported for specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. That is, separations from public hospitals need not be reported.


Mental health establishments NMDS 2006-07Health, Superseded 23/10/2006

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2006

Implementation end date: 30/06/2007

DSS specific information:

For the Mental health establishments national minimum data set, separations are only to be reported for specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. That is, separations from public hospitals need not be reported.


Mental health establishments NMDS 2007-08Health, Superseded 05/02/2008

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2007

Implementation end date: 30/06/2008

DSS specific information:

For the Mental health establishments national minimum data set, separations are only to be reported for specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. That is, separations from public hospitals need not be reported.


Mental health establishments NMDS 2008-09Health, Superseded 03/12/2008

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2008

Implementation end date: 30/06/2009

DSS specific information:

For the Mental health establishments national minimum data set, separations are only to be reported for specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. That is, separations from public hospitals need not be reported.


Mental health establishments NMDS 2009-10Health, Superseded 02/12/2009

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2009

Implementation end date: 30/06/2010

DSS specific information:

For the Mental health establishments national minimum data set, separations are only to be reported for specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. That is, separations from public hospitals need not be reported.


Mental health establishments NMDS 2010-11Health, Superseded 01/12/2010

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2010

Implementation end date: 30/06/2011


Mental health establishments NMDS 2011-12Health, Superseded 07/12/2011

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2011

Implementation end date: 30/06/2012


Mental health establishments NMDS 2012-13Health, Superseded 07/02/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013


Mental health establishments NMDS 2013-14Health, Superseded 07/03/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2014


Mental health establishments NMDS 2014-15Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015


Mental health establishments NMDS 2015-16Health, Superseded 04/09/2015

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2016


Mental health establishments NMDS 2016-17Health, Superseded 17/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2016

Implementation end date: 30/06/2017


Mental health establishments NMDS 2017–18Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2017

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Mental health establishments NMDS 2018–19ACT Health (retired), Candidate 17/08/2018
Health, Superseded 12/12/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

Implementation end date: 30/06/2019


Mental health establishments NMDS 2019–20Health, Superseded 16/01/2020

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2019

Implementation end date: 30/06/2020


Mental health establishments NMDS 2020–21Health, Superseded 20/01/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2020

Implementation end date: 30/06/2021


Mental health establishments NMDS 2021–22Health, Superseded 17/12/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2021

Implementation end date: 30/06/2022


Mental health establishments NMDS 2022–23Health, Standard 17/12/2021

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2022

Implementation end date: 30/06/2023


Implementation in Indicators:Help on this term
Used as Denominator

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute inpatient stay, 2015Health, Standard 19/11/2015

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute inpatient stay, 2016Health, Superseded 14/06/2017

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute inpatient stay, 2017Health, Standard 14/06/2017

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2018Health, Superseded 16/02/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2019Health, Superseded 16/02/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2020Health, Standard 13/01/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2021Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2022Health, Recorded 06/04/2022

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