Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander standalone substance use services residential treatment/rehabilitation length of stay cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Indigenous, Standard 07/12/2017

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander standalone drug and alcohol services offer temporary, live-in accommodation for clients requiring substance use treatment and rehabilitation.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander standalone substance use services residential treatment/rehabilitation length of stay cluster is used to describe the total length of stay for clients that stayed in residential care and received formal treatment and/or rehabilitation during the reporting period.

The three data elements are used together to provide a total length of stay by the sex of the clients.

Length of stay in residential treatment/rehabilitation

Collection and usage attributes

Each person is only counted once, no matter how many times that they were admitted into residential care during the year.

If clients were admitted more than once, add together the durations for each admission.

Includes:

• people who were officially clients of the service, i.e. they received treatment and/or rehabilitation.

Excludes:

• sobering-up/residential respite/short term programs
• clients who did not receive formal treatment and/or rehabilitation such as housing clients.

Source and reference attributes

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes