Episodes of residential care for residents in all government-funded mental health services. Episodes of residential mental health care at patient level.

Collection details

Temporal coverage

from 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2016

Geographical coverage

National and state and territory

Data availability

  • Publications
  • Summary tables published in electronic form

Data scope

Episodes of residential care for residents in all government-funded mental health services. The scope of the NMDS specifically excludes residential care services that are in receipt of funding of the Aged Care Act and subject to Commonwealth reporting requirements.

Methodology

Admin data

Metadata information and data quality statement (DQS)

Residential Mental Health Care National Minimum Data Set

Residential Mental Health Care National Minimum Data Set Data Quality Statement

External links and information 

Residential mental health care services

Contact

mentalhealth@aihw.gov.au