1. 2020-21 MHE NMDS

1.1. Essential definitions

Scope - Mental health establishments 2020-21 (METeOR ID 722168).

Statistical unit - Specialised mental health service (METeOR ID 268984).

1.2. Changes for 2020-21

The specific detailed changes to the 2020-21 (version 3.00) specifications, compared to 2019-20 (version 2.40) are listed below.

1.2.1. Changes to the data model

The data model changes to the 2020-21 specifications, compared to 2019-20 are listed in Table 1.1.

Table 1.1 Changes made to 2020-21 data model compared to 2019-20

Data item	Details	Rationale
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health worker	This glossary item has been created based on current job descriptions for this role.	This staffing category has been introduced to support the Fifth National Mental health Suicide Prevention key priority area and related actions regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) mental health and suicide prevention.
Establishment - full-time equivalent staff (paid) (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health worker), average NNNN.NN	This item has been created in the same format as existing ‘full-time equivalent staff’ data elements in the MHE NMDS. Changes record length of Organisation data record and Organisation: FTE Staff by Service Setting data record.	This staffing category has been introduced to support the Fifth National Mental health Suicide Prevention key priority area and related actions regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) mental health and suicide prevention.
Establishment - recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health workers) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	This item has been created in the same format as the ‘salaries and wages’ metadata in the MHE NMDS. Changes record length of Organisation data record.	This staffing category has been introduced to support the Fifth National Mental health Suicide Prevention key priority area and related actions regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) mental health and suicide prevention.
Ambulatory service unit identifier	Hyperlink to ‘ambulatory care’ glossary item updated.	Hyperlink updated.
Specialised mental health service—ambulatory service unit identifier	Updated to include updated property.	Updated superseded metadata.

1.2.2. Changes to definitions

The definitional changes to the 2020-21 specifications, compared to 2019-20 are listed in Table 1.2.

Table 1.2 Changes made to 2020-21 definitions compared to 2019-20

Data item	Details	Rationale
Mental health non-government organisation payments cluster	All references to ‘Grants’ updated to ‘Payments’ including any updated ‘Payments to non-government organisation’ metadata links.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Available bed-residential mental health care, average number of beds N[NNN.N]	Reference to overnight accommodation replaced with ‘specialised residential mental health services’. Value domain has also been included in the definition.	Changes made to align with METeOR business rules and the data element concept wording.
Episode of residential care-number of episodes of residential care, total NNNN	Reference period dates removed as these are already included in Guide for use.	Removed duplicate information.
Establishment (mental health)-recurrent expenditure (non-salary operating costs) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	Updated definition to refer to ‘costs’ rather than ‘items’.	Changed to align with name of data element.
Establishment (mental health)-recurrent expenditure (total salaries and wages) (financial year), total Australian N[N(8)]	Incorrect link to ‘Administrative and clerical staff’ removed.	Removed hyperlink as this data element collects the total salaries and wages of all staff.
Establishment-accrued mental health care days, total N[N(7)]	Reference period information removed as this is already included in the Guide for use.	Removed duplicate information.
Establishment-Australian state/territory identifier, code N	Updated to include new data element concept and property with link to updated Geographic indicator glossary item.	Updated reference documents.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (administrative and clerical staff), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other average FTE staff data elements.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (diagnostic and health professionals), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other average FTE staff data elements.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (domestic and other staff), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other average FTE staff data elements.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata.
Enrolled nurses	Definition updated to include a generic reference to accreditation body.	Change prevents regular monitoring and updating of metadata.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (enrolled nurses), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other average FTE staff data elements; hyperlink to staffing category in definition updated; change to guide for use to align with updated glossary item definition.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata and changes resulting from staffing category update.
Establishment-recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (enrolled nurses) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	Hyperlink to staffing category updated.	Hyperlink update.
Mental health carer workers	Definition updated to include ‘lived’ when referring to a person’s ‘experience as a mental health carer’.	Changed to align with definition of ‘Mental health consumer worker glossary item’.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (mental health carer workers), average NNNN.NN	Hyperlink to staffing category updated.	Hyperlink update.
Establishment-recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (mental health carer workers) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	Hyperlink to staffing category updated.	Hyperlink update.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (mental health consumer and carer workers), average NNNN.NN	Hyperlink to staffing category updated.	Hyperlink update.
Occupational therapists	Definition updated to include a generic reference to accreditation body.	Change prevents regular monitoring and updating of metadata.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (occupational therapists), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other average FTE staff data elements; hyperlink to staffing category in definition updated; change to guide for use to align with updated glossary item definition.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata and changes resulting from staffing category update.
Establishment-recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (occupational therapists) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	Hyperlink to staffing category updated.	Hyperlink update.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (other diagnostic and health professionals), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other FTE staff data elements.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata.
Other medical officers	Definition updated to align with wording of other staffing categories.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (other medical officers), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other average FTE staff data elements; hyperlink to staffing category in definition updated; change to guide for use to align with updated glossary item definition.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata and changes resulting from staffing category update.
Establishment-recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (other medical officers) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	Hyperlink to staffing category updated.	Hyperlink update.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (other personal care staff), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other FTE staff data elements.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata.
Psychiatrist	Definition updated to include a generic reference to accreditation body.	Change prevents regular monitoring and updating of metadata.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (psychiatrists), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other average FTE staff data elements; update to name of data element as ‘Consultant psychiatrist’ staffing category removed from MHE NMDS; hyperlink to staffing category updated; change to guide for use to align with updated glossary item definition.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata and changes resulting from staffing category update.
Establishment-recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (psychiatrists) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	Updated name of data element as ‘Consultant psychiatrist’ staffing category removed from MHE NMDS; hyperlink to staffing category updated.	Technical name update and hyperlink update.
Psychiatry registrar or trainee	Definition updated to include a generic reference to accreditation body.	Change prevents regular monitoring and updating of metadata.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (psychiatry registrars and trainees), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other average FTE staff data elements; hyperlink to staffing category in definition updated; change to guide for use to align with updated glossary item definition.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata and changes resulting from staffing category update.
Establishment-recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (psychiatry registrars and trainees)(financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	Hyperlink to staffing category updated.	Hyperlink update.
Psychologist	Definition updated to align with wording of other staffing categories.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (psychologists), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other average FTE staff data elements; hyperlink to staffing category updated.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata and changes resulting from staffing category update.
Establishment-recurrent expenditure (salaries and wages) (psychologists) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	Hyperlink to staffing category updated.	Hyperlink update.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (registered nurses), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other average FTE staff data elements.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (salaried medical officers), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other average FTE staff data elements.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata.
Establishment-full-time equivalent staff (paid) (social workers), average NNNN.NN	Value domain updated for consistency with other average FTE staff data elements.	Changed for consistency in MHE NMDS staffing metadata.
Establishment-recurrent expenditure (depreciation) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	Additional guidance included in the Guide for use.	Updated to align with the Local Hospital Networks/Public Hospital Establishments NMDS.
Establishment-recurrent expenditure (interest payments) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	Additional guidance included in the definition.	Updated to align with the Local Hospital Networks/Public Hospital Establishments NMDS.
Establishment-recurrent expenditure (other Commonwealth Government funded expenditure), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	Updated reference to ‘Australian Health Care Agreements’ to ‘National Healthcare Agreement’.	Reference update.
Establishment-recurrent expenditure (superannuation employer contributions) (financial year), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	Additional guidance included in the comments.	Updated to align with the Local Hospital Networks/Public Hospital Establishments NMDS.
Hospital-hospital identifier, XXXXX	Updated Guide for use references to National Outcomes and Casemix Collection’ and updated ‘Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS’.	Updated outdated references.
Mental health non-government organisation-payments to non-government organisations, total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ updated to ‘Payments’ including any updated ‘Payments to non-government organisation’ metadata links.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service unit-implementation of National Standards for Mental Health Services status, code N	Updated to include specific references to the National Standards for Mental Health Services (NSMHS), inclusion of a census date for accreditation status and additional guidance in Code 2.	Update metadata to be more specific and include guidance for services that are accredited against the National Safety and Quality Health Services standards but not the NSMHS.
Specialised mental health service-admitted patient service unit identifier, XXXXXX	Hyperlink to ‘Target population group’ and short name updated.	Hyperlink update and technical change.
Specialised mental health service-admitted patient service unit name, text XXX[X(97)]	Hyperlink to ‘Target population group’ and short name updated.	Hyperlink update and technical change.
Ambulatory care	Hyperlink to ‘outpatient clinics’ glossary item and short name updated.	Hyperlink update and technical change.
Specialised mental health service-ambulatory service unit identifier, XXXXXX	Hyperlink to ‘ambulatory care’ glossary item and short name updated.	Hyperlink update and technical change.
Specialised mental health service-ambulatory service unit name, text XXX[X(97)]	Hyperlink to ‘ambulatory care’ glossary item and short name updated.	Hyperlink update and technical change.
Specialised mental health service-number of clients receiving services from an ambulatory mental health care service, total clients NNNNNN	Reference to ‘people’ removed from definition and short name updated.	Incorrect reference removed and technical change.
Specialised mental health service-number of hours staffed, average hours N[N]	Updated value domain to correct information on valid values.	Changed to correct values.
Specialised mental health service-residential service unit identifier, XXXXXX	Revised short name to include object class; updated hyperlink to superseded data element in Collection methods.	Technical change and hyperlink update.
Specialised mental health service-residential service unit name, text XXX[X(97)]	Revised short name to include object class; updated hyperlink to superseded data element in Collection methods.	Technical change and hyperlink update.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (academic positions), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ updated to ‘Payments’ including any updated ‘Payments to non-government organisation’ metadata links.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (education and training), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (insurance), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (Mental Health Act Regulation or related legislation), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (mental health promotion), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (mental health research), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (other indirect expenditure), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (patient transport services), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (program administration), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (property leasing costs), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (service development), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (superannuation), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (support services), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Specialised mental health service-residual expenditure (workers compensation), total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
State or Territory Government-mental health services payments to non-government organisations by non-health departments, total Australian currency N[N(8)]	All references to ‘Grants’ has been updated to ‘Payments’.	‘Payments’ a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported to this metadata.
Counselling, support, information and referral- online	List of example services or organisations removed from Guide for use.	Change prevents regular monitoring and updating of metadata.
Education, employment and training	List of example services or organisations removed from Guide for use.	Change prevents regular monitoring and updating of metadata.
Family and carer support	List of example services or organisations removed from Guide for use.	Change prevents regular monitoring and updating of metadata.
Group support activities	Updated hyperlinks to other updated service type glossary items in Guide for use.	Hyperlink update.
Mental illness prevention	Updated hyperlinks to other updated service type glossary items in Guide for use.	Hyperlink update.
Mental health promotion	List of example services or organisations removed from Guide for use; updated hyperlink to an updated service type glossary item.	Change prevents regular monitoring and updating of metadata and hyperlink update.
Mutual support and self-help	Updated hyperlinks to other updated service type glossary items in Guide for use.	Hyperlink update.
Self-help-online	List of example services or organisations removed from Guide for use; updated hyperlink to an updated service type glossary item.	Change prevents regular monitoring and updating of metadata and hyperlink update.
Staffed residential services	Hyperlink to ‘Residential mental health care service’ added to exclusion list and list of example services or organisations removed from Guide for use.	Additional clarification of exclusion list and removal of example list prevents regular monitoring and updating of metadata.

1.3. Reporting statistical units

The statistical units in the MHE NMDS are Specialised Mental Health Services METeOR identifier 268984). 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;
• 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.

In general, states and territories determine the organisational units that will report as regions, organisations, and service units for this NMDS.

Only those 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.

The following sections provide more information on each of the statistical units and reporting levels used in the MHE NMDS.

1.3.1. State or territory

This level refers to the state or territory and should be reported using the State/Territory identifier data element.

1.3.2. Region

The region refers to an administrative concept not a geographical one. States and territories may have one or more regions into which the state or territory is divided and to which its mental health service organisations belong. Region would be reported using the Region identifier (RegId) data element. In the smaller states or in the territories there may only be one or no region. In these cases, the Region identifier is to be reported as ‘00’ and the Region name (RegName) would repeat the name of the state or territory.

1.3.3. Organisation

The organisation is defined according to the Object class Specialised mental health service organisation (METeOR identifier 286449) and reported using the Organisation Identifier (OrgId) data element. An organisation is a separately constituted specialised mental health service that is responsible for the clinical governance, administration and financial management of service units providing specialised mental health care. An organisation may consist of one or more service units based in different locations and providing services in the admitted patient, residential and ambulatory settings. For example, a mental health service organisation may consist of several hospitals or two or more community centres. Where the mental health service organisation consists of multiple service units, those units can be considered to be components of the same organisation where they:

• Operate under a common clinical governance arrangement;
• Aim to work together as interlocking services that provide integrated, coordinated care to consumers across all mental health service settings; and
• Share clinical records or, in the case where there is more than one physical clinical record for each patient, staff may access (if required) the information contained in all of the physical records held by the organisation for that patient.

For most states and territories, the mental health service organisation is equivalent to the Area or District Mental Health Service. These are usually organised to provide the full range of admitted patient, residential and ambulatory services to a given catchment population. However, the term may also be used to refer to health care organisations which provide only one type of mental health service (for example, acute admitted patient care) or which serve a specialised or state-wide function.

1.3.4. Hospital or service unit cluster

A specialised mental health service organisation may consist of one or more clusters of service units providing services in admitted patient, residential and ambulatory settings. For example, a specialised mental health service organisation may consist of several hospitals (clusters of admitted patient service units) and/or two or more ambulatory or residential service clusters (for example, a cluster of child and adolescent ambulatory service units, and a cluster of aged residential service units).

To allow service units to be reported individually, but still to be identified as part of a hospital (for the admitted patient service setting), or as part of another type of cluster (for example, other cluster type for ambulatory or residential service setting), a separate reporting level has been created.

• ‘Hospital’ is for admitted patient service units, and
• ‘Service unit cluster’ is for ambulatory service units and residential service units.

Ambulatory or residential service units will not necessarily belong to a ‘cluster’. However, for some ambulatory service units, the cluster the service unit belongs to may be a hospital that contains both admitted patient and ambulatory service units. In this instance, the Service unit cluster identifier for the ambulatory service unit would be the Hospital identifier. Other groups of ambulatory and residential service units could also be usefully reported as clusters. For example, clusters may exist of groups of residential services for aged persons, or groups of ambulatory service units in particular geographical areas.

Each hospital reported to the Public Hospital Establishments NMDS, with an inpatient unit in scope as specialised mental health, must be reported as a hospital for the purposes of the MHE NMDS.

1.3.5. Specialised mental health service units

The reporting of service units specified in this section relates to the minimum reporting that is required for NMDS purposes, defined on the basis of MHE NMDS reporting requirements. States and territories are free to report more service units than this. For example, if a hospital had two older persons acute admitted patient service units, these only need to be reported as one combined older persons acute admitted patient service unit, but could be reported as two separate service units if desired. However, identification of service units should not combine target populations—there is no code available to identify ‘mixed’ target populations. Therefore, where a service delivery outlet provides discrete and specifically funded programs for multiple target populations, each of these should be identified as a separate service unit.

1.3.5.1. Admitted patient setting

For the admitted patient setting, data are to be reported by target population and program type. For example, if a hospital had separate wards/programs for child and adolescent, youth, older person, general adult and forensic there would be a separate service unit reported for each. Additionally, if there are acute and other program types, that would require separate service units to be reported (that is, defined by the program type as well as the target population). For example, an older persons acute unit would be reported separately from an older persons unit providing rehabilitation or extended care. Organisations can, however, report multiple service units with the same target population and program type, if the distinction between the units is known to the organisation and expected to be separately identifiable across a number of years.

1.3.5.2. Ambulatory service setting

For the ambulatory service setting, the service unit is equivalent to the organisation’s ambulatory services as a whole. However, the data element Target population should be used to distinguish between general adult, child and adolescent, youth, older person and forensic services. An organisation may choose to report a number of separate ambulatory service units with the same target population, however this is not compulsory.

1.3.5.3. Residential service setting

For the residential service setting, as a minimum, 24-hour staffed residential services that employ mental health trained staff on-site 24 hours per day and other services with less intensive staffing (but mental health trained staff on-site for a minimum of 6 hours a day and at least 50 hours per week) should be defined as separate service units. This applies to both government-operated residential services and government-funded residential services operated by non-government organisations. In addition, the data element Target population should be used to distinguish between general adult, child and adolescent, youth, older person and forensic services.

1.3.6. Sector

Sector is not considered part of the identifier. Within this NMDS, sector is an attribute of ambulatory and residential service units. Sector is an attribute of the ‘Hospital’ table for admitted patient service units.

1.3.7. Statistical unit identifiers

The reporting of service entities aims to create relationships between the mental health NMDSs, and where possible, the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), Public Hospital Establishments (PHE) NMDS and Admitted Patient Care (APC) NMDS (see Table 1.3).

The identifiers for the MHE NMDS are:

• State or territory (1 character) (use State/Territory identifier)
• Region (2 characters) (use Region identifier)
• Specialised mental health service organisation (4 characters)
• Hospital or service unit cluster (5 characters)
• Service unit (6 characters)

Identifiers should be assigned as follows:

• State/Territory identifier: as per National health data dictionary codes;
• Region identifier: at the discretion of each state or territory as no national code set is available;
• Organisation identifier: at the discretion of each state or territory as no national code set is available;
• Hospital identifier: the same as used in the PHE NMDS where physically separate hospitals have been distinguished; where multiple hospitals have been reported as a single establishment, new identifiers will be needed to distinguish these hospitals;
• Service unit cluster identifier: at the discretion of each state or territory as no national code set is available;
• Admitted patient service unit identifier: at the discretion of each state or territory as no national code set is available;
• Ambulatory service unit identifier: the same as those used in the Community Mental Health Care (CMHC) NMDS;
• Residential service unit identifier: the same as those used in the Residential Mental Health Care (RMHC) NMDS.

Table 1.3 Reporting requirements for mental health and related NMDSs

Identifier element names	METeOR identifier	Community mental health care NMDS	Residential mental health care NMDS	Mental health establishments NMDS	Local hospital networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS	Admitted patient care NMDS
Australian State or Territory identifier	720081	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Region identifier	269940	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Specialised mental health service organisation identifier	404186	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Hospital/Service unit cluster identifier	722233 (MHE) / 404858 (MHE, CMHC & RMHC)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Service unit identifier	721740 (MHE) / 724354 (MHE, CMHC) / 722711 (MHE, RMHC)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No

The use of identical identifiers between the various Mental Health Datasets is tested via the Mental Health Establishments Skeleton files, handled by the MDS Validator.

An additional identifier was introduced in the MHE NMDS 2014–15 and subsequent MHE NMDSs: the Local hospital network identifier (METeOR identifier 719447). This data element is reported at the service unit level and is not part of the identifier string.

1.3.8. Consistency of identifiers across reference periods

Where no major service reorganisations have occurred, the region, organisation, service unit cluster and service unit identifiers (RegId, OrgId, ClusId, AdmiId, AmbuId, ResiId) used by a jurisdiction should be preferably identical to the previous year. However, given that all jurisdictions have committed to aligning ID numbers between the different NMDS’s, changes in ID numbers due to this process will be accepted, as will be the case for those jurisdictions that have undergone significant reorganisation of service delivery that warrant new service entity identifiers. In these cases, jurisdictions should provide a supplementary mapping document that clearly illustrates the changes in ID numbers between collection periods, at all levels.

Region, organisation, hospital, cluster and service unit name changes are acceptable, especially if the new name is more locally relevant. These will be identified as a change in the MDS Validator, however will not affect the generation of the historical trends reports.

1.4. Data model of the MHE Extract

Fig. 1.1 provides an abbreviated overview of the structure of the data to be reported. 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.

Fig. 1.1 Overview of Data model underlying the Mental Health Establishments NMDS data extract

1.5. Data integrity

For cases of missing data (that is, unknown, not stated or not available):

• For Numeric [Num] fields, the data should be reported as zero, using leading zeros when necessary to pad out the field to the required length. The principle here is that all numeric fields require a valid value.
• For Text [Char] fields, the data should be space-filled to the required length. For single character fields where a ‘missing/not stated’ value has been specified for a particular data element (for example, ‘9’ has been specified for missing data), use the stated value for ‘missing/not stated’ rather than simply space filling.

Values in Date [Date] fields must be recorded in compliance with the standard format used across the National health data dictionary; specifically, dates must be of fixed 8 column width in the format DDMMYYYY, with leading zeros used when necessary to pad out a value. For instance, 13 March 2021 would appear as 13032021.

Values in Numeric [Num] fields must be zero-filled and right-justified. These should consist only of the numerals 0 to 9 and the decimal (’.’) point if applicable to the data element.

Note: Fields defined as ‘Numeric’ are those that have numeric properties—that is, the values, for example, can be added or subtracted in a manner that is valid. Where a field uses numeric characters that do not have these properties (for example, the use of numbers for Patient identifier), the field is defined as ‘Character’.

Values in Character [Char] fields must be left justified and space-filled. These should consist of any of the printable ASCII character set (that is, excluding control codes such as newline, bell and linefeed).

1.6. Data set specification (DSS)

As noted earlier, the proposed file structure for the transmission of data from jurisdictions to the AIHW is a single Fixed Format data file. The following tables specify the order in which the data items should be provided to the AIHW.

The extract format consists of a set of hierarchically ordered Data records, of which there are twelve types (see Table 1.4).

In each extract file for any given period, the Data records must be preceded by a single File Header Record having the structure outlined in Table 1.5.

All records presented in the extract file should be grouped in the following order: Header Record; State/Territory details records; Region details records; Organisation details records; Hospital/Service unit cluster details records; and Service unit details records.

With the exception of Region, Organisation and Service unit cluster details records, all Data records should include the following elements in the order shown:

• Record type
• Establishment identifier (comprising: State/Territory identifier; Region identifier; Organisation identifier; Hospital identifier/Service unit cluster identifier; and Service unit identifier)
• Specific data in the format specified for the given record type

The order of fields in a record must be the same as the order they are listed in the Record Layouts specified below. Field values should be formatted as specified in the Record Layouts.

The first field in each record must be Record Type. Valid values for Record Type are shown in Table 1.4.

Table 1.4 Valid values for Record Type

Record Type	Description
HR	File Header Record
ST	State/Territory Details
STNGOE	State-level Non-Government Organisation Payments
REG	Region details records
REGNGOE	Region-level Non-Government Organisation Payments
ORG	Organisation details records
FTEORG	Organisation Full-time Equivalent Staff by Setting/Target Pop
HOSP	Hospital Details
CLUS	Service unit cluster details records
ADMI	Admitted Patient Service Unit Details
AMBU	Ambulatory Service Unit Details
RESI	Residential Service Unit Details

1.6.1. File header record

The first record of the extract file must be a File Header Record (Record Type = ‘HR’), and it must be the only such record in the file.

The File Header Record is a quality control mechanism, which uniquely identifies each file that is sent to the AIHW (that is, who sent the file, what date the file was sent, batch number of file, etc). The information contained in the header fields will be checked against the actual details of the file to ensure that the file received has not been corrupted.

The layout of the File Header Record is shown in Table 1.5.

Table 1.5 Record Layout for File Header Record within the data extract

Data Element (Field Name)	Type [Length]	Start	METeOR Identifier	Notes / Values
Record Type (RecType)	Char[8]	1	—	Value = HR
State/Territory Identifier (State) [1]	Char[1]	9	720081	1:New South Wales 2:Victoria 3:Queensland 4:South Australia 5:Western Australia 6:Tasmania 7:Northern Territory 8:Australian Capital Territory
Batch Number (BatchNo)	Char[9]	10	—	Represents the YYYYNNNNN component of the extract file name.
Report Period Start Date (RepStart)	Date[8]	19	—	Report period start date
Report Period End Date (RepEnd)	Date[8]	27	—	Report period end date
Data File Generation Date (GenDt)	Date[8]	35	—	Data file generation date
Data File Type (FileType)	Char[3]	43	—	Value = MHE
MHE Specification Version Number (SpecVer)	Char[5]	46	—	Value = 03.00

Record length = 50

Notes

[1]	(Meteor includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS)

1.6.2. State/Territory data record

The extract format for the Data records is specified in detail in tables Table 1.5 to Table 1.16. The order of fields in each record must be the same as the order they are shown below. Field values should be formatted as specified.

Table 1.6 Data record layout - State/Territory details

Data Element (Field Name)	Type [Length]	Start	METeOR Identifier	Notes / Values
Record Type (RecType)	Char[8]	1	—	Value = ST
State/Territory Identifier (State) [2]	Char[1]	9	720081	1:New South Wales 2:Victoria 3:Queensland 4:South Australia 5:Western Australia 6:Tasmania 7:Northern Territory 8:Australian Capital Territory
State/Territory Name (StateName)	Char[28]	10	—	Name used to identify the State/Territory
Number of Supported Mental Health Housing Places (NHousePlaces)	Number[6]	38	390929	N(6)
NGO Payments - from Non-Health Departments (NgoOtherDepts)	Number[9]	44	722199	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - Department of Veterans’ Affairs (RevDVA)	Number[9]	53	377992	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - Recoveries (RevRecov)	Number[9]	62	288685	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - State or Territory Health Authority (RevStateHealth)	Number[9]	71	288965	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - Other Commonwealth (RevCwlthOther)	Number[9]	80	722151	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - Patients (RevPatients)	Number[9]	89	290583	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - Other (RevOther)	Number[9]	98	288071	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - State/Territory Other (RevStateOther)	Number[9]	107	288075	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Academic Positions (ExpNerAcademic)	Number[9]	116	722104	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Education and Training (ExpNerTraining)	Number[9]	125	722106	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Insurance (ExpNerInsur)	Number[9]	134	722108	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Mental Health Act Regulation or related legislation (ExpNerMHAct)	Number[9]	143	722127	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Mental Health Promotion (ExpNerPromo)	Number[9]	152	722129	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Mental Health Research (ExpNerResearch)	Number[9]	161	722131	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Patient Transport Services (ExpNerTransp)	Number[9]	170	722135	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Program Administration (ExpNerProgAdmin)	Number[9]	179	722137	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Property Leasing Costs (ExpNerPropLease)	Number[9]	188	722139	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Service Development (ExpNerServDev)	Number[9]	197	722141	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Superannuation (ExpNerSuper)	Number[9]	206	722145	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Workers Compensation (ExpNerWorkComp)	Number[9]	215	722149	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Other Indirect Expenditure (ExpNerOther)	Number[9]	224	722133	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]

Record length = 232

Notes

[2]	(Meteor includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS)

1.6.3. State MH NGOE Payments data record

When submitting STNGOE records it is preferred that only records for the NGOE service types funded by the relevant entity (Jurisdiction or Region) are supplied. This is standard practice in normalised data sets to indicate something does not exist (rather than supplying the record and indicating the MHNGOEGrants amount is 0).

One advantage of this approach is that reporting on the types of NGO services funded by an entity is simply the count of all records rather than a count of those records which have a positive value.

Another advantage is that checks for changes of funding patterns from year to year can be implemented as per the existing implementations of entity changes over time. That is, where a funded type appears for the first time we may note that as a change for review and likewise when a funded type disappears.

Table 1.7 Data record layout - State MH NGOE Payments

Data Element (Field Name)	Type [Length]	Start	METeOR Identifier	Notes / Values
Record Type (RecType)	Char[8]	1	—	Value = STNGOE
State/Territory Identifier (State) [3]	Char[1]	9	720081	1:New South Wales 2:Victoria 3:Queensland 4:South Australia 5:Western Australia 6:Tasmania 7:Northern Territory 8:Australian Capital Territory
Mental health non-governmental organisation service type (MHNGOServType)	Char[2]	10	567352	01:Counselling – face-to-face 02:Counselling, support, information and referral – telephone 03:Counselling, support, information and referral – online 04:Self-help – online 05:Group support activities 06:Mutual support and self-help 07:Staffed residential services 08:Personalised support – linked to housing 09:Personalised support – other 10:Family and carer support 11:Individual advocacy 12:Care coordination 13:Service integration infrastructure 14:Education, employment and training 15:Sector development and representation 16:Mental health promotion 17:Mental illness prevention 88:Other and unspecified services
Mental health non-governmental organisation payments (MHNGOEGrants)	Number[9]	12	721707	The dollar amount of payments provided to an NGO. All references to ‘Grants’ were updated to ‘Payments’ in the MHE NMDS in 2020-21 as a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported for non-government organisations. The short name MHNGOEGrants remains unchanged as data reported to this item will not change and is comparable with historical data.

Record length = 20

Notes

[3]	(Meteor includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS)

1.6.4. Region data record

Table 1.8 Data record layout - Region details

Data Element (Field Name)	Type [Length]	Start	METeOR Identifier	Notes / Values
Record Type (RecType)	Char[8]	1	—	Value = REG
State/Territory Identifier (State) [4]	Char[1]	9	720081	1:New South Wales 2:Victoria 3:Queensland 4:South Australia 5:Western Australia 6:Tasmania 7:Northern Territory 8:Australian Capital Territory
Region Identifier (RegId)	Char[2]	10	269940	AA: Region (values as specified by individual jurisdiction). Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Region Name (RegName)	Char[60]	12	407187	Common name used to identify the Region.
Revenue - Department of Veterans’ Affairs (RevDVA)	Number[9]	72	377992	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - Recoveries (RevRecov)	Number[9]	81	288685	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - State or Territory Health Authority (RevStateHealth)	Number[9]	90	288965	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - Other Commonwealth (RevCwlthOther)	Number[9]	99	722151	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - Patients (RevPatients)	Number[9]	108	290583	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - Other (RevOther)	Number[9]	117	288071	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - State/Territory Other (RevStateOther)	Number[9]	126	288075	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Academic Positions (ExpNerAcademic)	Number[9]	135	722104	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Education and Training (ExpNerTraining)	Number[9]	144	722106	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Insurance (ExpNerInsur)	Number[9]	153	722108	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Mental Health Act Regulation or related legislation (ExpNerMHAct)	Number[9]	162	722127	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Mental Health Promotion (ExpNerPromo)	Number[9]	171	722129	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Mental Health Research (ExpNerResearch)	Number[9]	180	722131	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Patient Transport Services (ExpNerTransp)	Number[9]	189	722135	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Program Administration (ExpNerProgAdmin)	Number[9]	198	722137	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Property Leasing Costs (ExpNerPropLease)	Number[9]	207	722139	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Service Development (ExpNerServDev)	Number[9]	216	722141	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Superannuation (ExpNerSuper)	Number[9]	225	722145	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Support Services (ExpNerSuppServ)	Number[9]	234	722147	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Workers Compensation (ExpNerWorkComp)	Number[9]	243	722149	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Other Indirect Expenditure (ExpNerOther)	Number[9]	252	722133	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]

Record length = 260

Notes

[4]	(Meteor includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS)

1.6.5. Region MH NGOE Payments data record

When submitting REGNGOE records it is preferred that only records for the NGOE service types funded by the relevant entity (Jurisdiction or Region) are supplied. This is standard practice in normalised data sets to indicate something does not exist (rather than supplying the record and indicating the MHNGOEGrants amount is 0).

One advantage of this approach is that reporting on the types of NGO services funded by an entity is simply the count of all records rather than a count of those records which have a positive value.

Another advantage is that checks for changes of funding patterns from year to year can be implemented as per the existing implementations of entity changes over time. That is, where a funded type appears for the first time we may note that as a change for review and likewise when a funded type disappears.

Table 1.9 Data record layout - Region MH NGOE Payments

Data Element (Field Name)	Type [Length]	Start	METeOR Identifier	Notes / Values
Record Type (RecType)	Char[8]	1	—	Value = REGNGOE
State/Territory Identifier (State) [5]	Char[1]	9	720081	1:New South Wales 2:Victoria 3:Queensland 4:South Australia 5:Western Australia 6:Tasmania 7:Northern Territory 8:Australian Capital Territory
Region Identifier (RegId)	Char[2]	10	269940	AA: Region (values as specified by individual jurisdiction). Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Mental health non-governmental organisation service type (MHNGOServType)	Char[2]	12	567352	01:Counselling – face-to-face 02:Counselling, support, information and referral – telephone 03:Counselling, support, information and referral – online 04:Self-help – online 05:Group support activities 06:Mutual support and self-help 07:Staffed residential services 08:Personalised support – linked to housing 09:Personalised support – other 10:Family and carer support 11:Individual advocacy 12:Care coordination 13:Service integration infrastructure 14:Education, employment and training 15:Sector development and representation 16:Mental health promotion 17:Mental illness prevention 88:Other and unspecified services
Mental health non-governmental organisation payments (MHNGOEGrants)	Number[9]	14	721707	The dollar amount of payments provided to an NGO. All references to ‘Grants’ were updated to ‘Payments’ in the MHE NMDS in 2020-21 as a more accurate reflection of the expenditure reported for non-government organisations. The short name MHNGOEGrants remains unchanged as data reported to this item will not change and is comparable with historical data.

Record length = 22

Notes

[5]	(Meteor includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS)

1.6.6. Organisation data record

Table 1.10 Data record layout - Organisation details

Data Element (Field Name)	Type [Length]	Start	METeOR Identifier	Notes / Values
Record Type (RecType)	Char[8]	1	—	Value = ORG
State/Territory Identifier (State) [6]	Char[1]	9	720081	1:New South Wales 2:Victoria 3:Queensland 4:South Australia 5:Western Australia 6:Tasmania 7:Northern Territory 8:Australian Capital Territory
Region Identifier (RegId)	Char[2]	10	269940	AA: Region (values as specified by individual jurisdiction). Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Organisation Identifier (OrgId)	Char[4]	12	404186	Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Organisation Name (OrgName)	Char[100]	16	405767	Common name used to identify the Organisation
Revenue - Department of Veterans’ Affairs (RevDVA)	Number[9]	116	377992	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - Recoveries (RevRecov)	Number[9]	125	288685	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - State or Territory Health Authority (RevStateHealth)	Number[9]	134	288965	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - Other Commonwealth (RevCwlthOther)	Number[9]	143	722151	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - Patients (RevPatients)	Number[9]	152	290583	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - Other (RevOther)	Number[9]	161	288071	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Revenue - State/Territory Other (RevStateOther)	Number[9]	170	288075	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Depreciation (Deprec)	Number[9]	179	722668	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Administrative Expenses (ExpNonSalAdmin)	Number[9]	188	270107	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Domestic Services (ExpNonSalDomest)	Number[9]	197	270283	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Drug Supplies (ExpNonSalDrug)	Number[9]	206	270282	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Food Supplies (ExpNonSalFood)	Number[9]	215	270284	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Interest Payments (ExpNonSalInterest)	Number[9]	224	722670	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Medical and Surgical Supplies (ExpNonSalMedSuppl)	Number[9]	233	270358	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Patient Transport (ExpNonSalTransp)	Number[9]	242	270048	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Payments to Visiting Medical Officers (ExpNonSalVMO)	Number[9]	251	270049	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Repairs and Maintenance (ExpNonSalRepairs)	Number[9]	260	269970	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Superannuation (ExpNonSalSuper)	Number[9]	269	722672	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Other Recurrent Expenditure (ExpNonSalOther)	Number[9]	278	270126	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages - Psychiatrists (ExpSalCnsltPsych)	Number[9]	287	718789	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)] The Consultant Psychiatrist staffing category was removed from the MHE NMDS in 2020-21 to remove duplication with the Psychiatrist staffing category. The short names ExpSalCnsltPsych and FteCnsltPsych remain unchanged as data reported to these items will not change and is comparable with historical data.
Salaries and Wages - Psychiatry Registrars and Trainees (ExpSalPsyReg)	Number[9]	296	718872	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages - Other Medical Officers (ExpSalMedOther)	Number[9]	305	718769	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages - Registered Nurses (ExpSalNursesReg)	Number[9]	314	270269	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages - Enrolled Nurses (ExpSalNursesEnrl)	Number[9]	323	718648	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages - Occupational Therapists (ExpSalOT)	Number[9]	332	718716	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages - Social Workers (ExpSalSocialWk)	Number[9]	341	288780	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages - Psychologists (ExpSalPsychol)	Number[9]	350	722176	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages - Other Diagnostic and Health Professionals (ExpSalDHPOther)	Number[9]	359	288786	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages - Administrative and Clerical Staff (ExpSalAdmin)	Number[9]	368	270275	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages - Domestic and Other Staff (ExpSalDomest)	Number[9]	377	270276	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages - Mental Health Carer Workers (ExpSalCarerWrkr)	Number[9]	386	718709	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages - Mental Health Consumer Workers (ExpSalConsrWrkr)	Number[9]	395	451428	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages - Other Personal Care Staff (ExpSalPCare)	Number[9]	404	270273	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Salaries and Wages – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health workers (ExpSalATSIMHWrkr)	Number[9]	413	722227	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Psychiatrists (FteCnsltPsych)	Number[7]	422	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 717129) The Consultant Psychiatrist staffing category was removed from the MHE NMDS in 2020-21 to remove duplication with the Psychiatrist staffing category. The short names ExpSalCnsltPsych and FteCnsltPsych remain unchanged as data reported to these items will not change and is comparable with historical data.
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Psychiatry Registrars and Trainees (FtePsyReg)	Number[7]	429	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 718870)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Other Medical Officers (FteMedOther)	Number[7]	436	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 718767)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Registered Nurses (FteNursesReg)	Number[7]	443	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 722533)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Enrolled Nurses (FteNursesEnrl)	Number[7]	450	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 718653)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Occupational Therapists (FteOT)	Number[7]	457	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 718714)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Social Workers (FteSocialWk)	Number[7]	464	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 722537)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Psychologists (FtePsychol)	Number[7]	471	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 722174)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Other Diagnostic and Health Professionals (FteDHPOther)	Number[7]	478	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 722518)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Administrative and Clerical Staff (FteAdmin)	Number[7]	485	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 722509)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Domestic and Other Staff (FteDomest)	Number[7]	492	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 722513)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Mental Health Carer Workers (FteCarerWrkr)	Number[7]	499	718699	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Mental Health Consumer Workers (FteConsrWrkr)	Number[7]	506	450821	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Other Personal Care Staff (FtePCare)	Number[7]	513	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 722521)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health workers (FteATSIMHWrkr)	Number[7]	520	722204	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Academic Positions (ExpNerAcademic)	Number[9]	527	722104	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Education and Training (ExpNerTraining)	Number[9]	536	722106	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Insurance (ExpNerInsur)	Number[9]	545	722108	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Mental Health Act Regulation or related legislation (ExpNerMHAct)	Number[9]	554	722127	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Mental Health Promotion (ExpNerPromo)	Number[9]	563	722129	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Mental Health Research (ExpNerResearch)	Number[9]	572	722131	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Patient Transport Services (ExpNerTransp)	Number[9]	581	722135	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Program Administration (ExpNerProgAdmin)	Number[9]	590	722137	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Property Leasing Costs (ExpNerPropLease)	Number[9]	599	722139	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Service Development (ExpNerServDev)	Number[9]	608	722141	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Superannuation (ExpNerSuper)	Number[9]	617	722145	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Support Services (ExpNerSuppServ)	Number[9]	626	722147	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Workers Compensation (ExpNerWorkComp)	Number[9]	635	722149	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Expenditure Not Elsewhere Reported - Other Indirect Expenditure (ExpNerOther)	Number[9]	644	722133	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Carer Participation Arrangements Indicator - Carer Experience Surveys (CarerSurvey)	Char[1]	653	529231	1:Yes 2:No 9:Not stated/inadequately described
Carer Participation Arrangements Indicator - Formal Complaints Mechanism (CarerCompl)	Char[1]	654	564666	1:Yes 2:No 9:Not stated/inadequately described
Carer Participation Arrangements Indicator - Formal Participation Policy (CarerPolicy)	Char[1]	655	529235	1:Yes 2:No 9:Not stated/inadequately described
Carer Participation Arrangements Indicator - Regular Discussion Groups (CarerDiscGrp)	Char[1]	656	529237	1:Yes 2:No 9:Not stated/inadequately described
Carer Representation Arrangements Indicator (CarerRep)	Char[1]	657	529383	1:Yes 2:No 9:Not stated/inadequately described
Consumer Participation Arrangements Indicator - Consumer Experience Surveys (ConsrSurvey)	Char[1]	658	529170	1:Yes 2:No 9:Not stated/inadequately described
Consumer Participation Arrangements Indicator - Formal Complaints Mechanism (ConsrCompl)	Char[1]	659	564674	1:Yes 2:No 9:Not stated/inadequately described
Consumer Participation Arrangements Indicator - Formal Participation Policy (ConsrPolicy)	Char[1]	660	529185	1:Yes 2:No 9:Not stated/inadequately described
Consumer Participation Arrangements - Regular Discussion Groups (ConsrDiscGrp)	Char[1]	661	529224	1:Yes 2:No 9:Not stated/inadequately described
Consumer Representation Arrangements Indicator (ConsrRep)	Char[1]	662	529103	1:Yes 2:No 9:Not stated/inadequately described
Consumer Committee Representation Arrangements (CmteeRep)	Char[1]	663	288855	1:Formal position(s) for consumers exist on the organisation’s management committee for the appointment of person(s) to represent the interests of consumers. 2:Specific consumer advisory committee(s) exists to advise on all relevant mental health services managed by the organisation. 3:Specific consumer advisory committee(s) exists to advise on some but not all relevant mental health services managed by the organisation. 4:Consumers participate on a broadly based advisory committee which include a mixture of organisations and groups representing a wide range of interests. 5:Consumers are not represented on any advisory committee but are encouraged to meet with senior representatives of the organisation as required. 6:No specific arrangements exist for consumer participation in planning and evaluation of services.

Record length = 663

Notes

[6]	(Meteor includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS)

1.6.7. Organisation: FTE Staff by Service Setting data record

Table 1.11 Data record layout - Organisation Details: FTE Staff by Service Setting data record

Data Element (Field Name)	Type [Length]	Start	METeOR Identifier	Notes / Values
Record Type (RecType)	Char[8]	1	—	Value = FTEORG
State/Territory Identifier (State) [7]	Char[1]	9	720081	1:New South Wales 2:Victoria 3:Queensland 4:South Australia 5:Western Australia 6:Tasmania 7:Northern Territory 8:Australian Capital Territory
Region Identifier (RegId)	Char[2]	10	269940	AA: Region (values as specified by individual jurisdiction). Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Organisation Identifier (OrgId)	Char[4]	12	404186	Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Service Setting (Setting)	Char[1]	16	493347	1:Admitted patient care setting 2:Residential care setting 3:Ambulatory care setting 4:Organisational overhead setting
Target Population (TargetPop) [8]	Char[1]	17	682403	1:Child and adolescent 2:Older person 3:Forensic 4:General 5:Youth 7:Not applicable
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Salaried Medical Officers (FteMed)	Number[7]	18	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 722535)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Nurses (FteNurses)	Number[7]	25	426703	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Diagnostic and Health Professionals (FteDHP)	Number[7]	32	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 722511)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Administrative and Clerical Staff (FteAdmin)	Number[7]	39	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 722509)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Domestic and Other Staff (FteDomest)	Number[7]	46	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 722513)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Mental Health Consumer and Carer Workers (FteCCWrkr)	Number[7]	53	718707	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN
Full-Time Equivalent Staff - Other Personal Care Staff (FtePCare)	Number[7]	60	—	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN (Based on MeteorID: 722521)
Full-Time Equivalent Staff – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health workers (FteATSIMHWrkr)	Number[7]	67	722204	Total number of full-time equivalent units. NNNN.NN

Record length = 73

Notes

[7]	(Meteor includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS)

[8]	METeOR includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS

1.6.8. Hospital data record

Table 1.12 Data record layout - Hospital details

Data Element (Field Name)	Type [Length]	Start	METeOR Identifier	Notes / Values
Record Type (RecType)	Char[8]	1	—	Value = HOSP
State/Territory Identifier (State) [9]	Char[1]	9	720081	1:New South Wales 2:Victoria 3:Queensland 4:South Australia 5:Western Australia 6:Tasmania 7:Northern Territory 8:Australian Capital Territory
Region Identifier (RegId)	Char[2]	10	269940	AA: Region (values as specified by individual jurisdiction). Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Organisation Identifier (OrgId)	Char[4]	12	404186	Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Hospital Identifier (HospId)	Char[5]	16	722233	AAAAA: Hospital identifier (equals Establishment number as reported for NMDS for Admitted Patient Care)
Sector (Sector)	Char[1]	21	269977	1:Public 2:Private
Non-government Non-profit Indicator (NonProfitNgo)	Char[1]	22	378745	1:Yes 2:No 9:Not stated/inadequately described
Hospital Name (HospName)	Char[100]	23	407430	Common name used to identify the hospital.
Geographical Location of Establishment (EstArea)	Char[9]	123	659774	Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016). NNNNNNNNN
Co-Location Status (CoLocStatus)	Char[1]	132	286995	1:Co-located 2:Not co-located

Record length = 132

Notes

[9]	(Meteor includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS)

1.6.9. Service Unit Cluster data record

Table 1.13 Data record layout - Service Unit Cluster details

Data Element (Field Name)	Type [Length]	Start	METeOR Identifier	Notes / Values
Record Type (RecType)	Char[8]	1	—	Value = CLUS
State/Territory Identifier (State) [10]	Char[1]	9	720081	1:New South Wales 2:Victoria 3:Queensland 4:South Australia 5:Western Australia 6:Tasmania 7:Northern Territory 8:Australian Capital Territory
Region Identifier (RegId)	Char[2]	10	269940	AA: Region (values as specified by individual jurisdiction). Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Organisation Identifier (OrgId)	Char[4]	12	404186	Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Service Unit Cluster Identifier (ClusId)	Char[5]	16	404858	AAAAA: An identifier to indicate that a service unit is one of a cluster of service units, defined through administrative or clinical governance arrangements. If no cluster applies, set to 00000. As this field enables linking with the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care, the identifiers used in this collection should be the same.
Service Unit Cluster Name (ClusName)	Char[100]	21	409209	If no cluster applies, enter organisation name as appears in previous line.

Record length = 120

Notes

[10]	(Meteor includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS)

1.6.10. Admitted Patient Service Unit data record

Table 1.14 Data record layout — Admitted Patient Service Unit details

Data Element (Field Name)	Type [Length]	Start	METeOR Identifier	Notes / Values
Record Type (RecType)	Char[8]	1	—	Value = ADMI
State/Territory Identifier (State) [11]	Char[1]	9	720081	1:New South Wales 2:Victoria 3:Queensland 4:South Australia 5:Western Australia 6:Tasmania 7:Northern Territory 8:Australian Capital Territory
Region Identifier (RegId)	Char[2]	10	269940	AA: Region (values as specified by individual jurisdiction). Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Organisation Identifier (OrgId)	Char[4]	12	404186	Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Hospital Identifier (HospId)	Char[5]	16	722233	AAAAA: Hospital identifier (equals Establishment number as reported for NMDS for Admitted Patient Care)
Admitted Patient Service Unit Identifier (AdmiId)	Char[6]	21	721740	AAAAAA: Service unit identifier. Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Local Hospital Network Identifier (LHNID)	Number[3]	27	719447	NNN: A unique identifier for Local Hospital Networks (LHN) established by jurisdictions. Note, this does not form part of the identifier string. It is a separate item being collected to identify hospital reporting by LHN as a result of funding model changes.
Target Population (TargetPop) [12]	Char[1]	30	682403	1:Child and adolescent 2:Older person 3:Forensic 4:General 5:Youth 7:Not applicable
Program Type (ProgType)	Char[1]	31	288889	1:Acute care 2:Other
Admitted Patient Service Unit Name (AdmiName)	Char[100]	32	721830	Common name used to identify the service unit.
National Standards for Mental Health Services Review Status (StdsReviewSt)	Char[1]	132	722190	1:The service unit had been reviewed and was judged to have met all of the applicable National Standards for Mental Health Services as determined by the accrediting agency. 2:The service unit had been reviewed by an external accreditation agency and was judged to have met some but not all of the National standards for Mental Health Services. 3:The service unit was in the process of being reviewed by an external accreditation agency but the outcomes were not known. 4:The service unit was booked for review by an external accreditation agency and was engaged in self-assessment preparation prior to the formal external review. 5:The service unit was engaged in self- assessment in relation to the National Standards for Mental Health Services but did not have a contractual arrangement with an external accreditation agency for review. 6:The service unit had not commenced the preparations for review by an external accreditation agency but this was intended to be undertaken in the future. 7:It had not been resolved whether the service unit would undertake review by an external accreditation agency under the National Standards for Mental Health Services. 8:The National standards for Mental Health Services are not applicable to this service unit.
Depreciation (Deprec)	Number[9]	133	722668	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Total (ExpNonSalTot)	Number[9]	142	722164	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)] Total is calculated from expenditure including: Administrative expenses Domestic services Drug supplies Food supplies Interest payments Medical and surgical supplies Patient transport costs Payments to visiting medical officers Repairs and maintenance Superannuation employer contributions Other recurrent expenditure
Salaries and Wages - Total (ExpSalTot)	Number[9]	151	722155	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)] Total is calculated from salaries and wages expenditure for all the staffing categories.
Average Available Beds for Overnight-stay Patients (AdmiNBeds)	Number[10]	160	616014	Available bed—overnight-stay admitted care, average number of beds N[N(7).N]
Accrued Mental Health Care Days (MHCareDays)	Number[8]	170	721814	Total number of days. N[N(7)]
Number of Separations (NSeps)	Number[6]	178	270407	Total number of separations. N[NNNNN]
Average available beds for overnight-stay mental health hospital-in-the-home patients (HitHNBeds)	Number[6]	184	646853	Available bed—overnight-stay mental health hospital-in-the-home care, average number of beds N[NNN.N]

Record length = 189

Notes

[11]	(Meteor includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS)

[12]	METeOR includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS

1.6.11. Ambulatory Patient Service Unit data record

Table 1.15 Data record layout — Ambulatory Patient Service Unit details

Data Element (Field Name)	Type [Length]	Start	METeOR Identifier	Notes / Values
Record Type (RecType)	Char[8]	1	—	Value = AMBU
State/Territory Identifier (State) [13]	Char[1]	9	720081	1:New South Wales 2:Victoria 3:Queensland 4:South Australia 5:Western Australia 6:Tasmania 7:Northern Territory 8:Australian Capital Territory
Region Identifier (RegId)	Char[2]	10	269940	AA: Region (values as specified by individual jurisdiction). Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Organisation Identifier (OrgId)	Char[4]	12	404186	Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Service Unit Cluster Identifier (ClusId)	Char[5]	16	404858	AAAAA: An identifier to indicate that a service unit is one of a cluster of service units, defined through administrative or clinical governance arrangements. If no cluster applies, set to 00000. As this field enables linking with the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care, the identifiers used in this collection should be the same.
Ambulatory Service Unit Identifier (AmbuId)	Char[6]	21	724354	AAAAAA: Service unit identifier. Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Local Hospital Network Identifier (LHNID)	Number[3]	27	719447	NNN: A unique identifier for Local Hospital Networks (LHN) established by jurisdictions. Note, this does not form part of the identifier string. It is a separate item being collected to identify hospital reporting by LHN as a result of funding model changes.
Target Population (TargetPop) [14]	Char[1]	30	682403	1:Child and adolescent 2:Older person 3:Forensic 4:General 5:Youth 7:Not applicable
Sector (Sector)	Char[1]	31	269977	1:Public 2:Private
Non-government Non-profit Indicator (NonProfitNgo)	Char[1]	32	378745	1:Yes 2:No 9:Not stated/inadequately described
Ambulatory Service Unit Name (AmbuName)	Char[100]	33	722184	Common name used to identify the service unit.
Geographical Location of Establishment (EstArea)	Char[9]	133	659774	Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016). NNNNNNNNN
National Standards for Mental Health Services Review Status (StdsReviewSt)	Char[1]	142	722190	1:The service unit had been reviewed and was judged to have met all of the applicable National Standards for Mental Health Services as determined by the accrediting agency. 2:The service unit had been reviewed by an external accreditation agency and was judged to have met some but not all of the National standards for Mental Health Services. 3:The service unit was in the process of being reviewed by an external accreditation agency but the outcomes were not known. 4:The service unit was booked for review by an external accreditation agency and was engaged in self-assessment preparation prior to the formal external review. 5:The service unit was engaged in self- assessment in relation to the National Standards for Mental Health Services but did not have a contractual arrangement with an external accreditation agency for review. 6:The service unit had not commenced the preparations for review by an external accreditation agency but this was intended to be undertaken in the future. 7:It had not been resolved whether the service unit would undertake review by an external accreditation agency under the National Standards for Mental Health Services. 8:The National standards for Mental Health Services are not applicable to this service unit.
Depreciation (Deprec)	Number[9]	143	722668	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Total (ExpNonSalTot)	Number[9]	152	722164	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)] Total is calculated from expenditure including: Administrative expenses Domestic services Drug supplies Food supplies Interest payments Medical and surgical supplies Patient transport costs Payments to visiting medical officers Repairs and maintenance Superannuation employer contributions Other recurrent expenditure
Salaries and Wages - Total (ExpSalTot)	Number[9]	161	722155	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)] Total is calculated from salaries and wages expenditure for all the staffing categories.
Number of Clients Receiving Services (NClients)	Number[6]	170	721822	NNNNNN
Number of Service Contacts (NCont)	Number[6]	176	494401	NNNNNN

Record length = 181

Notes

[13]	(Meteor includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS)

[14]	METeOR includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS

1.6.12. Residential Patient Service Unit data record

Table 1.16 Data record layout — Residential Patient Service Unit details

Data Element (Field Name)	Type [Length]	Start	METeOR Identifier	Notes / Values
Record Type (RecType)	Char[8]	1	—	Value = RESI
State/Territory Identifier (State) [15]	Char[1]	9	720081	1:New South Wales 2:Victoria 3:Queensland 4:South Australia 5:Western Australia 6:Tasmania 7:Northern Territory 8:Australian Capital Territory
Region Identifier (RegId)	Char[2]	10	269940	AA: Region (values as specified by individual jurisdiction). Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Organisation Identifier (OrgId)	Char[4]	12	404186	Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Service Unit Cluster Identifier (ClusId)	Char[5]	16	404858	AAAAA: An identifier to indicate that a service unit is one of a cluster of service units, defined through administrative or clinical governance arrangements. If no cluster applies, set to 00000. As this field enables linking with the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care, the identifiers used in this collection should be the same.
Residential Service Unit Identifier (ResiId)	Char[6]	21	722711	AAAAAA: Service unit identifier. Identifiers used in this collection should map to the identifiers used in data for the NMDSs for Community Mental Health Care and Residential Mental Health Care.
Local Hospital Network Identifier (LHNID)	Number[3]	27	719447	NNN: A unique identifier for Local Hospital Networks (LHN) established by jurisdictions. Note, this does not form part of the identifier string. It is a separate item being collected to identify hospital reporting by LHN as a result of funding model changes.
Target Population (TargetPop) [16]	Char[1]	30	682403	1:Child and adolescent 2:Older person 3:Forensic 4:General 5:Youth 7:Not applicable
Hours Staffed (HrsStaffed) [17]	Number[2]	31	721992
Sector (Sector)	Char[1]	33	269977	1:Public 2:Private
Non-government Non-profit Indicator (NonProfitNgo)	Char[1]	34	378745	1:Yes 2:No 9:Not stated/inadequately described
Residential Service Unit Name (ResiName)	Char[100]	35	722715	Common name used to identify the service unit.
Geographical Location of Establishment (EstArea)	Char[9]	135	659774	Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016). NNNNNNNNN
National Standards for Mental Health Services Review Status (StdsReviewSt)	Char[1]	144	722190	1:The service unit had been reviewed and was judged to have met all of the applicable National Standards for Mental Health Services as determined by the accrediting agency. 2:The service unit had been reviewed by an external accreditation agency and was judged to have met some but not all of the National standards for Mental Health Services. 3:The service unit was in the process of being reviewed by an external accreditation agency but the outcomes were not known. 4:The service unit was booked for review by an external accreditation agency and was engaged in self-assessment preparation prior to the formal external review. 5:The service unit was engaged in self- assessment in relation to the National Standards for Mental Health Services but did not have a contractual arrangement with an external accreditation agency for review. 6:The service unit had not commenced the preparations for review by an external accreditation agency but this was intended to be undertaken in the future. 7:It had not been resolved whether the service unit would undertake review by an external accreditation agency under the National Standards for Mental Health Services. 8:The National standards for Mental Health Services are not applicable to this service unit.
Depreciation (Deprec)	Number[9]	145	722668	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)]
Non-Salary Recurrent Expenditure - Total (ExpNonSalTot)	Number[9]	154	722164	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)] Total is calculated from expenditure including: Administrative expenses Domestic services Drug supplies Food supplies Interest payments Medical and surgical supplies Patient transport costs Payments to visiting medical officers Repairs and maintenance Superannuation employer contributions Other recurrent expenditure
Salaries and Wages - Total (ExpSalTot)	Number[9]	163	722155	Australian dollars. Rounded to the nearest whole dollar. N[N(8)] Total is calculated from salaries and wages expenditure for all the staffing categories.
Average Available Beds for Residential Mental Health Patients (ResiNBeds)	Number[6]	172	717123	Average available beds, rounded to the first decimal point. NNNN.N
Accrued Mental Health Care Days (MHCareDays)	Number[8]	178	721814	Total number of days. N[N(7)]
Number of Episodes of Residential Care (NEpi)	Number[4]	186	721810	The total number of episodes of residential care. NNNN

Record length = 189

Notes

[15]	(Meteor includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS)

[16]	METeOR includes code 9, but that is not applicable to the MHE NMDS

[17]	The average number of hours staffed per 24-hour period. NN