Monthly Activity Collection
What is the MAC?
The Monthly Activity Collection (MAC) collects aggregate (or summary level) data on ‘Admitted’ and ‘Non-admitted’ patient activity and ‘Bed Availability’.
This data are submitted monthly to the Department of Health by the relevant reporting entities at different levels of the Queensland public hospital system. This includes public acute hospitals, public psychiatric hospitals and public nursing homes/hostels/ independent living units and multi-purpose health services, HHS and State. Whilst data are primarily reported to comply with State and Commonwealth Government reporting requirements, there are additional benefits of the availability of this data including informing cost modelling, funding, research and local business management. Data are submitted by the reporting entity to the Statistical Services Branch (SSB) of the Department of Health each month where it is prepared for reporting purposes.
MAC Manual
| Reference year | Title | Format | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | Monthly Activity Collection (MAC) Data Collection Guidelines and Business Rules | 705KB | |
| Required Forms by Facility | XLSX | 60KB | |
| 2021-2022 | Monthly Activity Collection (MAC) Data Collection Guidelines and Business Rules | 789KB | |
| Required Forms By Facility | XLSX | 54KB | |
| 2020-2021 | Monthly Activity Collection (MAC) Manual | 952KB | |
| Required Forms by Facility and Primary Data Sources for Non-Admitted Patient Reporting | XLSX | 90KB | |
| MAC Business Rules | 189KB | ||
| 2019-2020 | Monthly Activity Collection (MAC) Manual | 815KB | |
| Required Forms by Facility and Primary Data Sources for Non-Admitted Patient Reporting | XLSX | 71KB | |
| 2018-2019 | Monthly Activity Collection (MAC) Manual | 806KB | |
| Required Forms by Facility | 166KB |
Previous manuals can be found in the Data collection manuals archive.
Forms
Contact
| Telephone: | (07) 3708 5661 or (07) 3708 5664 |
| Email: | MASMAIL@health.qld.gov.au |
