Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander standalone substance use service residential treatment/rehabilitation client numbers 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 service residential treatment/rehabilitation client numbers cluster describes the number of clients that stayed in residential care and received formal treatment and/or rehabilitation during the reporting period.

The four data elements are used together to provide a count of clients by their Indigenous status, sex and age ranges.

Clients 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.

Includes:

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

Excludes:

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

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander standalone substance use service is required to provide numbers of male, female and total clients in residential treatment/rehabilitation by Indigenous status and age group (0–18, 19–35 and 36 years and over), as detailed in the Scope, Clients in residential treatment/rehabilitation table. The total Indigenous and non-Indigenous clients may include unknown or not reported sex. Total sex may include unknown or not reported Indigenous status.

Source and reference attributes

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes