Public hospital establishments NMDS
Data Set Specification Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Data Set Specification |
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METEOR identifier:![]() | 273047 |
Registration status:![]() | Health, Superseded 21/03/2006 |
DSS type:![]() | National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) |
Scope:![]() | The scope of this dataset is establishment-level data for public acute and psychiatric hospitals, including hospitals operated for or by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and alcohol and drug treatment centres. Similar data for private hospitals and free standing day hospital facilities is collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in the Private Health Establishments Collection. Hospitals operated by the Australian Defence Force, corrections authorities and Australia's external territories are not currently included. Hospitals specialising in dental, ophthalmic aids and other specialised acute medical or surgical care are included. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Statistical unit:![]() | Public hospital establishments. |
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Collection methods:![]() | Data are collected at each hospital from patient administrative and clinical record systems. Hospitals forward data to the relevant state or territory health authority on a regular basis (for example, monthly). National reporting arrangements State and territory health authorities provide the data to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for national collation, on an annual basis. Periods for which data are collected and nationally collated Financial years ending 30 June each year. |
Implementation start date:![]() | 01/07/2005 |
Implementation end date:![]() | 30/06/2006 |
Comments:![]() | Scope links with other NMDSs Episodes of care for admitted patients which occur partly or fully in designated psychiatric units of public acute hospitals or in public psychiatric hospitals:
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | National Health Information Group |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references:![]() | Has been superseded by Public hospital establishments NMDS Health, Superseded 23/10/2006 Is re-engineered from ![]() No registration status |