DSS specific information:

Mental health data collections are hierarchical in nature. An identical reporting structure, including region name, should be common between all mental health collections, including the Mental Health Establishments (MHE), Community Mental Health Care (CMHC) and Residential Mental Health Care (RMHC) NMDSs, the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection and any future mental health collections.

DSS specific information:

The following SA2 codes have been agreed by the Mental Health Information Strategy Standing Committee (MHISSC) as supplementary codes for use in the Community Mental Health Care NMDS:

DSS specific information:

This field must not be null.

National minimum data sets:

For the provision of State and Territory hospital data to Australian Government 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.

DSS specific information:

For mental health collections, the Person identifier for a uniquely identifiable person should be consistent between National minimum data sets and other associated collections, and across collection periods, where technically possible.