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Mental HealthAmbulatory Data

Every request for mental health data will be evaluated separately on its merit by the Data Custodian. To prevent potential delays it is strongly recommended applicants spend time discussing their needs with the Data Custodian before submitting an application for data. See the contacts at:

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Last updated 17 January 2017 Module 3 Variable Lists

Please note that all requests for mental health data require DOHWA HREC approval.

Request variables below by checking boxes

Request / Variable / Description
Patient Information
Gender
Indigenous status / Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
Country of birth
Subset Date of Birth / MMYYYY
Subset Date of Birth / YYYY
Age on contact
Marital status / At time of admission
Health service of residency
Occupation / At time of admission
Employment status
Education status / Level of education reached at time of admission
Postcode
Service event data
Primary diagnosis code / Primary diagnosis code for episode as at contact date.
Primary diagnosis ICD System / The ICD version used to code Primary Diagnosis
Time of contact / Time of day when contact began
Duration of contact / Length of time for service event
Stream type / Child & Adolescent, Adult, Seniors
Contact type / Clinical, client related, liaison etc
Venue of contact / Clinic, private home, hospital etc
Patient present at contact / Patient present or not at contact
Medium of contact / Face to face, phone, video link
Outcome of episode / Treatment completed, referred to another service, client did not attend etc. Only available on completed episodes.
Standard Mental Health Variables(released on all extracts of Mental Health data)
EPSEQ / Episode Sequence Number
Subset Date of contact / MMYYYY
Subset Episode start date / MMYYYY
Start date of episode (also called referral date)
Subset Episode end date / MMYYYY
End date of episode (also called discharge date)
Group of Non Group flag of contact / Indicator of a group of single patient contact
Source of data / FORMS, LAMHIS, PSOLIS

Sensitive Variables

All of the variables below have been determined as sensitive by the Mental Health Data Custodian and therefore require written justification. Please provide this in the space in the table below. All items require DOHWA HREC approval.

Hospital Establishment codes and units of contact are considered identifying information, especially if they involve private establishments. Provision of these codes requires DOHWA HREC approval and/or hospital ethics approval. Approval from the Chief Executive of the area health service may also be required.

Request / Variable / Description
Full date of birth / DDMMYYYY
Enter justification here
Suburb / Suburb of residence
Enter justification here
Unit of contact / Approval from AHS may be required
Enter justification here
Full date of contact / Date of contact with Ambulatory service
DDMMYYYY
Enter justification here
Legal status / Mental health legal status
Enter justification here
Full episode start date / Start date of episode (also called referral date)
DDMMYYYY
Enter justification here
Full episode end date / End date of episode (also called discharge date)
DDMMYYYY
Enter justification here

Comments:

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Last updated 17 January 2017 Module 3 Variable Lists