Queensland Health Non-Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHNAPDC)

What is the QHNAPDC?

The Queensland Health Non-admitted Patient Data Collection (QHNAPDC) is a collection of patient-level non-admitted outpatient activity (service events) reported by the various ‘reporting entities’ of the three different levels of Queensland’s public hospital system (hospitals, Hospital and Health Services (HHSs) and the State). It was established in July 2016 and is managed by the Data Services Branch (DSB) of Queensland Health.

The non-admitted patient data are reported monthly.  Each monthly data submission includes records from the beginning of the financial year to the end of the reporting month. This allows for information from previous months in a financial year to be updated by HHSs if required.

The reported non-admitted patient data are subject to a range of basic and more detailed data quality checks by DSB to ensure compliance with State, and Commonwealth Government reporting requirements for both the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA).

QHNAPDC Guides and Supporting Documents

Reference yearTitleFormatSize  
2025-2026QHNAPDC Reference GuideDOCX1,722KB
 QHNAPDC Data Elements ListDOCX575KB
 QHNAPDC Business RulesDOCX933KB
2024-2025QHNAPDC Reference GuideDOCX1,723KB
 QHNAPDC Data Elements ListDOCX580KB
 QHNAPDC Business RulesDOCX924KB
2023-2024QHNAPDC Reference GuideDOCX1,649KB
 QHNAPDC Data Elements ListDOCX576KB
 QHNAPDC Business RulesDOCX1,440KB
2022-2023QHNAPDC Summary PDF785KB
 QHNAPDC Business Rules PDF793KB
2021-2022QHNAPDC ManualPDF724KB
 QHNAPDC Business RulesXLXS555KB
Previous manuals can be found in the Data collection manuals archive.

QHNAPDC File Format

Reference yearTitleFormatSize  
2025-2026QHNAPDC File FormatXLSX32KB
2024-2025QHNAPDC File FormatXLSX33 KB
2023-2024QHNAPDC File Format XLSX32KB
2022-2023QHNAPDC File Format PDF136KB
2021-2022QHNAPDC File FormatPDF170KB

Contact

Email:  NAPMAIL@health.qld.gov.au

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Last updated: 14 May 2026