Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • List of boxes
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Glossary
    • Summary 
  • Sections
    1. Introduction
      1. Time for a new CSDA MDS
      2. Report outline
    2. Data available from the CSTDA NMDS
      1. The scope and nature of the CSTDA NMDS
      2. The data items included in the CSTDA NMDS
      3. Key uses of CSTDA NMDS data
      4. Resourcing the project
      5. What information will the CSTDA NMDS give us?
    3. CSTDA NMDS redevelopment project
      1. Redeveloping the CSTDA NMDS
      2. Preliminary CSDA MDS redevelopment project 1999
      3. CSTDA NMDS redevelopment project 2000-02
      4. Project management
      5. Data development and policy
      6. Data transmission strategy
      7. Communication and training
    4. Field testing
      1. The purpose of field testing
      2. Round 1-preliminary field testing
      3. Round 2-first pilot field test
      4. Round 3-second pilot field test
      5. Post field testing-national training
    5. Data item history and development
      1. Possible data items for the redeveloped CSTDA NMDS
      2. Service type outlet data items
      3. Service user data items
      4. Services received data items
    6. Key products for the CSTDA NMDS
      1. Data Guide
      2. Service Type Outlet and Service User paper forms
      3. Data Transmission and Technical Guide
      4. Data Dictionary
      5. Network Guide
      6. Training materials
    7. Privacy and data principles
      1. Introduction
      2. Developing the privacy and data principles
      3. The CSTDA NMDS Privacy and Data Principles
      4. Statistical linkage key
      5. Privacy procedures
    8. Specialised data development areas
      1. Service type, organisational units, agency identifiers and CSTDA funding
      2. Disability and functioning
      3. Support needs
      4. Indicators of outputs and outcomes
      5. Informal carer data items
      6. Feeding back into National Data Standards
    9. Conclusion
  • End matter
    • References
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix 1: CSTDA NMDS Service Type Outlet and Service User Forms
      • Appendix 2: Facilitation and Implementation Group representatives on the CSTDA NMDS