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Data Collections Unit eBulletin

Welcome to the DCU E-Bulletin

The Data Collections Unit (DCU) has developed an interactive electronic bulletin that is a central repository for all data collection newsletters and reference documents.

The DCU manages a number of collections, including the processing, editing and quality assurance of the data and meeting ad hoc requests for information.

In addition, the Data Quality and Standards Section of the Data Collections Unit is responsible for:

• establishing and disseminating Queensland Health data definition standards
• providing data quality services / expertise to the Data Collections Unit, and on a consultancy basis, to other areas within Queensland Health and facilating the QCC

The collections include:

Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)
The QHAPDC collection collects demographic data clinical information on all admitted patients separated from both public and private hospitals and private day surgeries in Queensland.

Monthly Activity Collection (MAC)
The MAC collects summary data on admitted and non-admitted patient activity and bed utilisation from public and private acute hospitals, private day facilities, public residential alcohol and drug facilities, public residential psychiatric hospitals, public nursing homes/hostels/independent living units, and public trading facilities.

Financial and Residential Activity Collection (FRAS)
FRAS is an annual collection that collects public hospital expenditure, revenue, staffing level and other related hospital data.

Perinatal Data Collection
The Perinatal Data Collection provides a basic source of information for research into obstetric and neonatal care and to assist with the planning of Queensland’s health services. In addition, it enables the monitoring of neonatal morbidity and congenital anomalies.

Queensland Cancer Registry (QCR)
The QCR is a register of all cases of cancer diagnosed in Queensland and cancer mortality since 1982 and is located at the Queensland Cancer Fund.

Workforce Characteristics
DCU collects data in conjunction with the Registration Boards on the registration and re-registration of health professionals.

The entire interactive E-Bulletin 29 (Full Version) (PDF, 269 KB) includes newsletters from all data collections.

Archived E-Bulletins

Contact the Data Quality and Standards Officer on (07) 3234 1479 for access to previous editions.

E-Bulletin 28(PDF, 269 KB)	February 2011
E-Bulletin 27(PDF, 361 KB)	December 2010
E-Bulletin 26 (PDF, 326 KB)	November 2010
E-Bulletin 25 (PDF, 290 KB)	March 2010
E-Bulletin 24 (PDF, 404 KB)	January 2010

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