Data sets and variables
| Health data set | Data description | Data provider | Data type | Geographical coverage | Available from | Key variables |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admitted Patients Data Collection | NSW—all admitted patient services provided by public and private hospitals and day procedure centres ACT—inpatient separations from all public and private hospitals | NSW Health ACT Health | Administrative (mandatory) | NSW ACT | 2001 2004 | Date of admission Date of separationi Length of stay Primary and additional diagnoses Admitted to and days in psychiatry ward Separation mode Demographics (age, sex, SLA of residence) |
| Death registrations Cause of Death Unit Record File | Mortality information for deaths occurring in NSW and ACT | NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages ACT Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages | Registry (mandatory) | NSW ACT | 1985 1997 | Date of birth Date of death Age at death Year of death registration Cause of death |
| Emergency Department Data Collection | Provides information about patient presentations to the emergency departments of public hospitals in NSW and ACT | NSW Health ACT Health | Administrative (mandatory) | NSW ACT | 2005 2004 | Arrival and triage date Doctor seen date Mode of arrival and referral source Diagnosis Mode of separation Departure date Demographics (age, sex, SLA) |
| Mental Health Ambulatory Data Collection | Includes assessment, treatment, rehabilitation or care of non-admitted patients. It may include mental health day programmes, psychiatric outpatients and outreach services (eg, home visits). | NSW Health | Administrative | NSW | 2001 | Activity type and duration Activity start date Group session identifier Mental health additional diagnosis Mental health provider role and type Demographics (age, area of usual residence, country of birth) |
| Notifiable Conditions/Diseases | Diagnoses of certain infectious diseases and adverse events following immunisation. Notified by laboratories, hospitals, medical practitioners, schools and child care centres | NSW Health ACT Health | Administrative (mandatory) | NSW ACT | 1993 2000 | Disease name/condition notified Diagnosis method Recorded date Laboratory confirmed Demographics (age, sex, SLA) |
| Criminal justice data sets | Data description | Data provider | Data type | Geographical coverage | Available from | Key variables |
| PROMIS | Central recording system for all crime, incidents and offences committed in the ACT | ACT Police | Administrative | ACT | 1998 | Date arrested Date of offence for which arrested Offence committed—Australian Standard Offence Classification Method used to clear an offence or chargeii and date cleared Date released following apprehension Family violence related |
| Re-offending Database (ROD) | Contains information on each person who has been convicted of a criminal offence in NSW since 1994 and is used by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research to determine the proportion of offenders who have been re-convicted for a further offence | NSW BOCSAR | Administrative | NSW | 1994 | Court appearances Principal offence—Australian Standard Offence Classification Date offence occurred Date accused was arrested/charged for offence Plea and outcome of the charge Drug associated with offence Year and jurisdiction case was finalised Type and duration or value of penalty Duration of total term for prison sentence Custody—those in custody (date of reception, type of custody, sentence type, date of discharge, discharged type) |
| Reference data set | Data description | Data provider | Data type | Geographical coverage | Available from | Key variables |
| TED Database | TED is the Ted Noffs Foundation Client Information System for young people referred for residential drug treatment in NSW and the ACT since 2001. Includes all variables in a pretreatment referral questionnaire administered by staff over the phone or in person | Ted Noffs Foundation | Administrative | NSW ACT | 2000 | Admission to PALM (referral source, date of admission, date of discharge, reason for departure) Demographics (age, Indigenous status, education, occupation, housing) Substance use (age first use, current use, route of administration) Severity of Dependence Scale (table 3) Occasions of Drug Use Scale (table 3) Blood Borne Virus Exposure Risk Scale (table 3) Treatment history and motivation to attend treatment Psychological Wellbeing Scale (table 3) Suicide and self-harm attempts (ever attempted, attempted 3 months) Social Functioning Scale (table 3) Family Assessment Device (General Functioning Scale; table 3) Past criminal activity (times arrested 3 months prior to screening, times in custody, type and number of crimes committed, under the influence of alcohol or any other drugs during any offences) |
iA separation is the administrative process by which a hospital records the cessation of an episode of care for a patient within the one hospital stay e.g. discharge to home, discharge to another hospital or nursing home, or death
iiMethod could include caution, summons, charge withdrawn, unfounded, court, attendance notice, charge before the court, diversionary conference, simple Cannabis Offence Notice.
ACT, Australian Capital Territory; BOCSAR, Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research; NSW, New South Wales; PALM, Program for Adolescent Life Management; PROMIS, Police Real Time Online Management Information System; SLA, Statistical Local Area.