Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | AHPF PI 2.2.4–Rate of seclusion, 2020 |
METEOR identifier: | 728345 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 13/10/2021 |
Description: | The number of seclusion events per 1,000 patient days within public acute admitted patient specialised mental health service units. NOTE: This specification has been adapted from the indicator Seclusion rate, 2020– (Service level) using terminology consistent with the National Health Data Dictionary. There are technical differences in the scope of services between the Service level version and the Jurisdictional level version of this indicator. Caution should be taken to ensure the correct methodology is followed. |
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Indicator set: | Australian Health Performance Framework, 2020 Health, Superseded 11/07/2023 |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Computation description: | Coverage/Scope: State/territory public acute admitted patient mental health service units in-scope for reporting in accordance with the Mental health seclusion and restraint National best endeavours data set (NBEDS). Methodology: Reference period for 2020 performance reporting: 2019–20
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Computation: | (Numerator ÷ Denominator) x 1,000 |
Numerator: | Total number of seclusion events. |
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Denominator: | Total number of accrued mental health care days. |
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Disaggregation: | State/territory |
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Representational attributes | |
Representation class: | Rate |
Data type: | Real |
Unit of measure: | Episode |
Format: | N[NN].N |
Accountability attributes | |
Benchmark: | State/Territory level |
Further data development / collection required: | Collection of seclusion data at the national level occurs via the SECREST NBEDS, a data collection under the governance of the Safety and Quality Partnership Standing Committee (SQPSC), a subcommittee, of the Mental Health Principal Committee. Data on the characteristics of the consumers subject to seclusion is not currently available. Data development activity to expand the SECREST NBEDS to include consumer demographic information is under consideration by the Mental Health Information Strategy Standing Committee and SQPSC. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on behalf of the National Mental Health Performance Subcommittee |
Reference documents: | National Mental Health Performance Subcommittee 2013. Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services, 3rd edn. Canberra: NMHPC. National Mental Health Working Group (NMHWG) 2005. National safety priorities in mental health: a national plan for reducing harm, Health Priorities and Suicide Prevention Branch, Department of Health and Ageing, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra. |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 15J – Seclusion rate, 2020 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 |