Specialised mental health service organisation—service delivery setting, code N

The service delivery setting for the components of a specialised mental health service organisation, as represented by a code.

A code set representing the setting for components of a specialised mental health organisation.

CODE 1     Admitted patient care setting

The component of specialised mental health service organisations that provides admitted patient care within Admitted patient mental health care services.

CODE 2     Residential care setting

The component of specialised mental health organisations that provides residential care within Residential mental health care services.

CODE 3     Ambulatory care setting

The component of specialised mental health service organisations that provides ambulatory care (service contacts) by Ambulatory mental health care services.

CODE 4     Organisational overhead setting
The components of specialised mental health service organisations not directly involved in the delivery of patient care services in the admitted patient, residential or ambulatory mental health care service settings, or in the operations of those settings.

The intention of the ‘Organisation overhead setting’ category is to separately identify staff not directly involved in the delivery of patient care services in the Admitted patient, Residential or Ambulatory mental health care service settings, or in the operations of those settings. Note that this does not imply that these roles do not have an impact on service delivery.

Staff employed to deliver patient care services should be reported in the Admitted patient (code 1), Residential (code 2) or Ambulatory (code 3) mental health care settings, as appropriate. Staff employed in the administration of a particular service would also be reported against the appropriate service setting. For example, administrative and domestic staff specifically attached to an admitted patient unit would be reported at the Admitted patient care service setting.

Organisational staff not directly involved in the delivery of patient care services should be reported in the Organisational overhead setting (code 4). For example, a chief operating officer not directly providing patient care, nor involved in the operation of services in a specific service setting, would be reported in the Organisational overhead setting.

Some staff may require apportioning across a number of service settings. For example, a clinical director, with oversight of all services provided by the organisation, would be apportioned across the service settings based on the level of involvement with each of these services.

This data element permits staffing data related to service settings to be identified and reported separately.

Regional and jurisdictional level staff are excluded from full-time equivalent staff data for the MHE NMDS.

See also Mental health organisation type code NN Health, Standardisation pending 20/11/2019

See also Mental health organisation type code NN Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

See also Mental health organisation type code NN Health, Standard 25/01/2018

See also Specialised mental health service—admitted patient care program type, code N Health, Standard 08/12/2004, ACT Health, Final 17/08/2018

Supersedes Specialised mental health service—service setting, code N Health, Superseded 07/02/2013

See also Specialised mental health service—target population group, code N Health, Standard 25/01/2018, ACT Health, Final 09/08/2018

See also Specialised mental health service—target population group, code N Health, Superseded 25/01/2018, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 16/03/2016

Mental health establishments NMDS 2013-14 Health, Superseded 07/03/2014

Mental health establishments NMDS 2014-15 Health, Superseded 13/11/2014

Mental health establishments NMDS 2015-16 Health, Superseded 04/09/2015

Mental health establishments NMDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 17/08/2017

Mental health establishments NMDS 2017–18 Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

Mental health establishments NMDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018
ACT Health, Final 17/08/2018

Mental health establishments NMDS 2019–20 Health, Standard 12/12/2018

Mental health establishments NMDS 2020–21 Health, Standardisation pending 26/11/2019