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Mental health establishments NMDS 2013-14

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Definition

The scope of the Mental health establishments National Minimum Data Set (MHE NMDS) is all Specialised mental health services managed or funded by state or territory health authorities. 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. Services funded by government from non-mental health specific budgets are considered in-scope for collection if they meet the definition of a Specialised mental health service. Services funded wholly by the Australian Government are considered out-of-scope for the MHE NMDS.

All services operated within the budget of a Specialised mental health service organisation are considered in-scope for the MHE NMDS. These services are also expected to report client level data, that is, reporting to the Community Mental Health Care NMDS, Residential Mental Health Care NMDS, Admitted Patient NMDS and the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection. There are some services reporting to the MHE NMDS for which the collection of client level data is not warranted, however, these services are uncommon and any omission of client level data must be justified by jurisdictions.

Specialised mental health services are those with a primary function to provide treatment, rehabilitation or community 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’.

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 and services for people with intellectual disabilities, except where they are specifically established to assist people affected by a mental disorder who also have drug and alcohol related disorders or intellectual disability.
The services can be sub-units of hospitals that are not, themselves, specialised mental health establishments (e.g. designated psychiatric units and wards, outpatient clinics etc).

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.

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; hospitals or service unit clusters; service units; and specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals, and non-government residential service units in receipt of state or territory government funding.

Specialised mental health services provided by private hospitals and non government residential mental health services that receive state or territory government funding are included as service units for this NMDS.

Ambulatory services managed by non-government organisations (NGOs) are not defined as statistical units for this NMDS.

Glossary items

Glossary terms that are relevant to this National minimum data set are included here.

Ambulatory mental health care service

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.

Data Elements
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
Available bed—residential mental health care, average number of beds N[NNN.N] Number 5 mandatory 1
Episode of residential care—number of episodes of residential care, total NNNN Number 4 mandatory 1
Establishment (mental health)—recurrent expenditure (non-salary operating costs) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Establishment (mental health)—recurrent expenditure (total salaries and wages) (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 and territory government funding.

However these services are still encouraged to report this data where available.

 Currency 9 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) (consultant psychiatrists and psychiatrists), average N[NNN{.N}] Number 5 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) (nurses), average NNNN.NN Number 6 mandatory 1
Establishment—full-time equivalent staff (paid) (occupational therapists), average N[NNN{.N}] Number 5 mandatory 1
Establishment—full-time equivalent staff (paid) (other diagnostic and health professionals), average N[NNN{.N}] Number 5 mandatory 1
Establishment—full-time equivalent staff (paid) (other medical officers), 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) (psychiatry registrars and trainees), average N[NNN{.N}] Number 5 mandatory 1
Establishment—full-time equivalent staff (paid) (psychologists), 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—full-time equivalent staff (paid) (social workers), average N[NNN{.N}] Number 5 mandatory 1
Establishment—number of separations (financial year), total N[NNNNN] Number 6 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 (Department of Veterans' Affairs funded), total Australian currency N[N(8)] 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 Commonwealth Government funded expenditure), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (other patient revenue funded expenditure), total Australian currency N[N(8)] 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 (other revenue funded expenditure), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Establishment—recurrent expenditure (other state or territory funded expenditure), total Australian currency N[N(8)] 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 (recoveries funded expenditure), total Australian currency N[N(8)] 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) (consultant psychiatrists and psychiatrists) (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) (occupational therapists) (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 diagnostic and health professionals) (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 medical officers) (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) (psychiatry registrars and trainees)(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) (psychologists) (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 (salaries and wages) (social workers) (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 (state or territory health authority funded), total Australian currency N[N(8)] 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—region name, text XXX[X(57)]
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) NMDS's, the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix collection and any future mental health collections.
 String 60 mandatory 1
Establishment—sector, code N - - mandatory 1
Establishment—service unit cluster identifier, XXXXX String 5 mandatory 1
Establishment—service unit cluster name, text XXX[X(97)] String 100 mandatory 1
Hospital—hospital identifier, XXXXX String 5 mandatory 1
Hospital—hospital name, text XXX[X(97)] String 100 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—accommodation services grants to non-government organisations, total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—advocacy services grants to non-government organisations, total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—carer participation arrangements status (carer consultants employed), code N Number 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—carer participation arrangements status (carer satisfaction surveys), code N Number 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—carer participation arrangements status (formal complaints mechanism), code N Number 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—carer participation arrangements status (formal participation policy), code N Number 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—carer participation arrangements status (regular discussion groups), code N Number 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—community awareness/health promotion services grants to non-government organisations (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—consumer committee representation arrangements, code N Number 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—consumer participation arrangements (consumer consultants employed), code N Boolean 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—consumer participation arrangements (consumer satisfaction surveys), code N Boolean 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—consumer participation arrangements (formal complaints mechanism), code N Boolean 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—consumer participation arrangements (formal participation policy), code N Boolean 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—consumer participation arrangements (regular discussion groups), code N Boolean 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—counselling services grants to non-government organisations, total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—independent living skills support services grants to non-government organisations, total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—organisation identifier, XXXX String 4 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—organisation name, text XXX[X(97)] String 100 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—other and unspecified mental health services grants to non-government organisations, total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—pre-vocational training services grants for non-government organisations, total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—psychosocial support services grants for non-government organisations, total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—recreation services grants to non-government organisations, total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—respite services grants to non-government organisations, total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service organisation—self-help support groups services grants for non-government organisations, total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service unit—implementation of National standards for mental health services status, code N Number 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—admitted patient care program type, code N Number 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—admitted patient service unit identifier, XXXXXX String 6 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—admitted patient service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] String 100 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit identifier, XXXXXX String 6 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] String 100 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—co-location with acute care hospital, code N Number 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—non-government non-profit indicator, yes/no code N Number 1 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—number of hours staffed, average hours NN Number 2 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residential service unit identifier, XXXXXX String 6 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residential service unit name, text XXX[X(97)] String 100 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (academic positions), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (education and training), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (insurance), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (Mental Health Act Regulation or related legislation), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (mental health promotion), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (mental health research), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (other indirect expenditure), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (patient transport services), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (program administration), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (property leasing costs), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (service development), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (superannuation), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (support services), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—residual expenditure (workers compensation), total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1
Specialised mental health service—supported mental health housing places, total NNNNNN Number 6 mandatory 1
State or Territory Government—mental health services grants to non-government organisations by non-health departments, total Australian currency N[N(8)] Currency 9 mandatory 1

Comments

Comments:

Glossary items

Glossary terms that are relevant to this National minimum data set are included here.

Ambulatory mental health care service

Episode of residential care end

Episode of residential care start

Mental health-funded non-government organisation

Residential mental health care service

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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