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Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services (Jurisdictional level version) (2021)

Indicator Set Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator Set
Indicator set type:Help on this termOther
METEOR identifier:Help on this term739864
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 17/12/2021
Description:Help on this term

This indicator set contains the specifications for the 2021 Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services (Jurisdictional level version) (MHS KPIs).

These indicator specifications facilitate the supply and publication of jurisdictional level data, which is compiled to form the national view. The specifications are adapted from the related Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services (Service level version) (2021–), which is an ongoing data development process.

As a key part of the ongoing data development, the key performance indicators are regularly reviewed to ensure they continue to be fit for purpose. At the most recent review (2017) it was agreed one indicator—Outcomes readiness—was no longer required for inclusion in the Jurisdiction level specifications for national reporting. This indicator is included in the Service level version 2015–2017.

Two indicators on involuntary treatment in admitted settings, originally developed for reporting under the Fifth National Mental Health Plan, have also been included in the Jurisdictional level specifications for national reporting.

The number and data collection period for each indicator is summarised in the table below for reference.

Indicator numberIndicator nameData set collection period
KPI 01Change in mental health consumer's clinical outcomes2019–20
KPI 02Mental health readmissions to hospital2019–20
KPI 03National Mental Health Service Standards compliance2019–20
KPI 04Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay2019–20
KPI 05Average cost per acute mental health admitted patient day2019–20
KPI 06Average treatment days per three-month community mental health care period2019–20
KPI 07Average cost per community mental health treatment day2019–20
KPI 08Population access to specialised clinical mental health care2019–20
KPI 09Mental health new client index2019–20
KPI 10Comparative area resourcesNot yet specified for national reporting
KPI 11Admission preceded by community mental health care2019–20
KPI 12Post-discharge community mental health care2019–20
KPI 13Mental health consumer outcomes participationNot yet specified for national reporting
KPI 14Outcomes readinessRemoved from the set in 2017
KPI 15Seclusion rate2020–21
KPI 16Restraint rate2020–21
Added to the set in 2018
KPI 17aInvoluntary hospital treatment2019–20
Added to the set in 2021
KPI 17bInvoluntary patient days2019–20
Added to the set in 2021

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services (Jurisdictional level version) (2020)
  • Health, Standard 13/01/2021
Has been superseded by Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services (Jurisdictional level version) (2022)
  • Health, Standard 16/09/2022
See also Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services (2021)
  • Health, Standard 17/12/2021
See also Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services (Service level version) (2021–)
  • Health, Standard 17/12/2021
Indicators linked to this Indicator set:Help on this term

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 01J – Change in mental health consumer's clinical outcomes, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 02J – Mental health readmissions to hospital, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 03J – National Mental Health Service Standards compliance, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 04J – Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 05J – Average cost per acute mental health admitted patient day, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 06J – Average treatment days per three-month community mental health care period, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 07J – Average cost per community mental health treatment day, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 08J – Population access to specialised clinical mental health care, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 09J – Mental health new client index, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 11J – Admission preceded by community mental health care, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 12J – Post-discharge community mental health care, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 15J – Seclusion rate, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 16J – Restraint rate, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 17aJ – Involuntary hospital treatment, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 17bJ – Involuntary patient days, 2021
Health, Standard 17/12/2021

Collection and usage attributes

National reporting arrangement:Help on this term

Indicators are collected and reported annually in accordance with an agreement reached by the Mental Health Principal Committee.

The following indicators cannot be sourced from existing national data collections. Data is requested and supplied annually from jurisdictions:

  • Mental health readmissions to hospital
  • Population access to specialised clinical mental health care
  • Mental health new client index
  • Admission preceded by community mental health care
  • Post-discharge community mental health care
  • Involuntary hospital treatment
  • Involuntary patient days.

Change in consumer's clinical outcomes is sourced from the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection data set.

The following indicators are calculated from national data sets; data is supplied in accordance with the Community Mental Health Care and the Mental Health Establishments National minimum data sets:

  • National Mental Health Service Standards compliance
  • Average length of acute mental health inpatient stay
  • Average cost per acute mental health admitted patient day
  • Average treatment days per three-month community mental health care period
  • Average cost per community mental health treatment day.

Seclusion rate and Restraint rate data are supplied in accordance with the Mental health seclusion and restraint National best endeavours data set.

Comments:Help on this term

Glossary terms that are relevant to this indicator set include:

Admitted patient mental health care service

Ambulatory mental health care service

Brief ambulatory episode of mental health care

Brief inpatient episode of mental health care

Community mental health care treatment day

Episode of care

Separation

Specialised mental health service

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

National Mental Health Performance Subcommittee

Steward:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:Help on this term

National Mental Health Performance Subcommittee (NMHPSC) 2013. Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services, 3rd edn. Canberra: NMHPSC.

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