Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2013-15

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Set Specification
METEOR identifier:	498901
Registration status:	Health, Superseded 13/11/2014
DSS type:	National Minimum Data Set (NMDS)
Scope:	The Alcohol and other drug treatment services national minimum data set (NMDS) is nationally mandated for collection and reporting. Publicly funded government and non-government agencies providing alcohol and/or drug treatment services. Including 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 or overnight stays such as 'sobering-up shelters' and 'half-way houses'; agencies that provide services concerned primarily with health promotion; needle and syringe programs; agencies whose sole function is to provide prescribing and/or dosing of methadone; and acute care and psychiatric hospitals, or alcohol and drug treatment units that report to the Admitted patient care NMDS and do not provide treatment to non-admitted patients. Clients who are on a methadone maintenance program may be included in the collection where they also receive other types of treatment.

Collection and usage attributes
Statistical unit:	Completed treatment episodes for clients who participate in a treatment type as specified in the data element Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—treatment type (main), code N.
Collection methods:	Data to be reported in each agency on completed treatment episode and then forwarded to state/territory authorities for collation. National reporting requirements 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:	01/07/2013
Implementation end date:	30/06/2015
Comments:	Glossary items Glossary terms that are relevant to this national minimum data set are included here. Cessation of treatment episode for alcohol and other drugs
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	National Health Information Group
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2012-13 Health, Superseded 07/02/2013 Has been superseded by Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2015-18 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

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Seq No.	Metadata item	Obligation	Max occurs
-	Statistical linkage key 581 cluster	Mandatory	1
-	Address—Australian postcode, Australian postcode code (Postcode datafile) {NNNN} *DSS specific information:* For the purposes of the Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS, this data element relates to the usual address of the client. In cases where the postcode of the client’s place of residence is not known, a supplementary value of 9999 = Not stated/inadequately described should be used.	Mandatory	1
-	Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9) *DSS specific information:* For the purposes of the Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS, this data element relates to the site from which a drug treatment service is delivered. For agencies with more than one location, the data element relates to the service delivery outlet.	Mandatory	1
-	Client—injecting drug use status, code N	Conditional	1
-	Client—method of drug use (principal drug of concern), code N	Conditional	1
-	Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—cessation reason, code N[N]	Mandatory	1
-	Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—client type, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—drug of concern (other), (ASCDC 2011 extended) code NNNN	Conditional	4
-	Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—drug of concern (principal), (ASCDC 2011 extended) code NNNN	Conditional	1
-	Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—referral source, code NN	Mandatory	1
-	Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—service delivery setting, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—treatment cessation date, DDMMYYYY *DSS specific information:* The date must be later than or the same as the treatment commencement date for the episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs.	Mandatory	1
-	Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—treatment commencement date, DDMMYYYY *DSS specific information:* The date must be earlier than or the same as the treatment cessation date for the episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs.	Mandatory	1
-	Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—treatment type (main), code N	Mandatory	1
-	Episode of treatment for alcohol and other drugs—treatment type (other), code N	Mandatory	4
-	Establishment—organisation identifier (Australian), NNX[X]NNNNN	Mandatory	1
-	Person—country of birth, code (SACC 2011) NNNN	Mandatory	1
-	Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY *DSS specific information:* This field must not be null. National Minimum Data Sets: For the provision of state and territory hospital data to Commonwealth agencies this field must: be less than or equal to Admission date, Date patient presents or Service contact date be consistent with diagnoses and procedure codes, for records to be grouped.	Mandatory	1
-	Person—Indigenous status, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Person—person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)]	Mandatory	1
-	Person—preferred language, code (ASCL 2011) NN{NN}	Mandatory	1
-	Person—sex, code N	Mandatory	1

Alcohol and other drug treatment services NMDS 2013-15

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