Data sources to be linked in ASHLi
| Data set | Data description | Data provider | Geographical coverage | Coverage in years |
| Coronial cases and information | The National Coronial Information System (NCIS) is a national repository containing data on deaths reported to a coroner in Australia and New Zealand. | NCIS | Australia-wide | 1 July 2013–10 October 2019 |
| Medicines dispensing claims | Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is a national drug subsidy programme for the approved prescription medication and captures the dispensing of all PBS-approved medicines in Australia. Data will be extracted for each individual during the exposure period. | AIHW | Australia-wide | 1 July 2012–latest available before death |
| Health service records | The Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS) is a listing of the Medicare services subsidised by the Australian government including any healthcare contacts, and any items used that are listed under the Mental Health Plan. | AIHW | Australia-wide | 1 July 2012–latest available before death |
| Death records | The NDI is a database developed and maintained by the AIHW. The database is a listing of all deaths that have occurred in Australia since 1980. | AIHW | Australia-wide | 1 July 2013–latest available |
| Admitted patient data | The Admitted Patient Data Collection (APDC) contains records of all inpatient separations (discharges, transfers and deaths) from all public, private, psychiatric and repatriation hospitals in NSW. | NSW Health APDC | NSW | 1 July 2012–latest available |
| Ambulatory mental health data | The Mental Health Ambulatory (MH-AMB) Data Collection is dedicated to the assessment, treatment, rehabilitation or care of non-admitted patients. It may include mental health day programmes, psychiatric outpatients and outreach services (eg, home visits). The data record ‘contacts’ (as opposed to ‘episodes of care’) by clinicians to a patient. | NSW Health MH-AMB data collection | NSW | 1 July 2012–latest available |
| Emergency department data | The Emergency Department Data Collection (EDDC) provides information about patient presentations to the emergency departments of public hospitals in NSW. By 2016, the EDDC captured 100% of public hospitals in NSW, prior to this time, the number of contributing hospitals steadily increased from 90 to 150 in 2010. | NSW Health EDDC | NSW | 1 July 2012–latest available |
AIHW, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; APDC, Admitted Patient Data Collection; ASHLi, Australian Suicide Prevention using Health-Linked Data ; EDDC, Emergency Department Data Collection; MH-AMB, Mental Health Ambulatory; NCIS, National Coronial Information System; NDI, National Death Index; NSW, New South Wales; PBS, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.