Definition
The scope of the Mental health establishments National Minimum Data Set (MHE NMDS) is all specialised mental health services managed by, or in receipt of funds from, state or territory health authorities.
Specialised mental health services are those with a primary function to provide treatment, rehabilitation or community health support targeted towards people with a mental disorder or psychiatric disability. These activities are delivered from a service or facility that is readily identifiable as both specialised and serving a mental health care function.
The concept of a specialised mental health service is not dependent on the inclusion of the service within the state or territory mental health budget.
A service is not defined as a specialised mental health service solely because its clients include people affected by a mental illness or psychiatric disability. The definition excludes specialist drug and alcohol services for people with intellectual disabilities, except where they are established to assist people affected by a mental disorder who also have drug and alcohol related disorders or intellectual disability.
These services can be a sub-unit of a hospital even where the hospital is not a specialised mental health establishment itself (e.g. designated psychiatric units and wards, outpatient clinics etc).
The statistical units are specialised mental health services. These are the specialised mental health components of the state and territory health authorities, and of regions within states and territories; specialised mental health service organisations; service units within those organisations; and private hospital and non-government residential service units funded by specialised mental health services.
Non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding are included as service units for this NMDS.
There is a hierarchy of statistical units used within the MHE NMDS. Information is provided at each level: State/Territory; Region; Organisation; Hospital/Service unit cluster; and Service unit (Admitted patient services, Residential services and Ambulatory services). Each level has a unique set of attributes which comprise the NMDS data elements and additional supplementary information.
Glossary items
Glossary terms that are relevant to this National minimum data set are included here.
Episode of residential care end
Episode of residential care start
Mental health-funded non-government organisation
Residential mental health care service
Metadata items in this Data Set Specification
Below is a list of all the components within this Dataset Specification.
Each entry includes the item name, whether the item is optional, mandatory or conditional and the maximum times the item can occur in a dataset.
If the items must occur in a particular order in the dataset, the sequence number is included before the item name.
| Reference | Data Element | Data Type | Length | Inclusion | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2011) N(9) | - | - | mandatory | 1 | |
| Available bed—overnight-stay admitted care, average number of beds N[NNN.N] | - | - | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—accrued mental health care days, total N[N(7)] | - | - | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—Australian state/territory identifier, code N | Number | 1 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—full-time equivalent staff (paid) (administrative and clerical staff), average N[NNN{.N}] | - | - | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—full-time equivalent staff (paid) (diagnostic and health professionals), average N[NNN{.N}] | Number | 5 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—full-time equivalent staff (paid) (domestic and other staff), average N[NNN{.N}] | Number | 5 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—full-time equivalent staff (paid) (enrolled nurses), average N[NNN{.N}] | Number | 5 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—full-time equivalent staff (paid) (other personal care staff), average N[NNN{.N}] | Number | 5 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—full-time equivalent staff (paid) (registered nurses), average N[NNN{.N}] | Number | 5 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—full-time equivalent staff (paid) (salaried medical officers), average N[NNN{.N}] | Number | 5 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (administrative expenses) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provide by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—recurrent expenditure (depreciation) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)] | Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—recurrent expenditure (domestic services) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)] | Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (drug supplies) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (food supplies) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (interest payments) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (medical and surgical supplies) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (other recurrent expenditure) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (patient transport cost) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (repairs and maintenance) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (administrative and clerical staff) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (domestic and other staff) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (enrolled nurses) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (other personal care staff) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (registered nurses) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (superannuation employer contributions) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
|
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (visiting medical officer payments) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]
Specific Information:
Reporting of this data element is not compulsory for non-government residential mental health services and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals that receive state or territory government funding. However, these services are still encouraged to report this data where available. |
Currency | 9 | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—region identifier, X[X] | - | - | mandatory | 1 | |
| Establishment—sector, code N | - | - | mandatory | 1 |
Comments
Glossary items
Glossary terms that are relevant to this National minimum data set are included here.
Episode of residential care end
Episode of residential care start
Mental health-funded non-government organisation
Residential mental health care service
References
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