Commonly Requested Data Items
Not sure where to find the data you need? Search the table below for lists of selected data items from Queensland Health.
Search on key word or name of collection (for example, hospital admissions, births, emergency)
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The CRDI forms are designed to be used for requests involving patient level data.
Detailed metadata about individual data items are also available via the Research Portal on QHIK.
| Data Collection | Link to collection documentation | Data Custodian | Initial contact for dataset details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) | QHAPDC Commonly Requested Data Items (PDF, 1.1MB) | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | admissions, separations, ICD, diagnosis, icd, condition, discharge, episode of care, research, linked data | |
| Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) | QHAPDC Manual | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | admissions, separations, ICD, diagnosis, icd, condition, discharge, episode of care, procedure, elective, length of stay, source of referral, admission source, mode of separation, discharge status, transfer, care type, same day, source funding, ICU, psych, ward, unit, language, insurance, country of birth, indigenous status, marital, diagnoses, morphology, procedure, DRG, MDC, HHS, SEIFA, ARIA, SA | |
| Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) | QHAPDC in the Master Linkage File (dates available for linkage) | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | admissions, separations, ICD, diagnosis, icd, condition, discharge, episode of care, procedure, elective, length of stay, source of referral, admission source, mode of separation, discharge status, transfer, care type, same day, source funding, ICU, psych, ward, unit, language, insurance, country of birth, indigenous status, marital, diagnoses, morphology, procedure, DRG, MDC, HHS, SEIFA, ARIA, SA, linked, research | |
| Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) | ICD Versions by year (PDF, 73KB) | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | admissions, separations, ICD, diagnosis, discharge, episode of care, condition, | |
| Queensland Health Master Linkage File | Master Linkage File (MLF) | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | linked data, research, EDC, death, emergency, elective surgery, ESDC, NoCS, notifiable, ambulance QAS, non -admitted , NAP PDC births mothers babies retrieval outpatients SODC surgery connect medicare consumer directory SSB statistical services DLQ data linkage Queensland routine | |
| Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (PDC) | PDC Commonly Requested Data Items (PDF, 1.2MB) | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch | mothers, babies, icd, antenatal, gestation, condition, stillbirth, neonatal, baby, births, mum, mums, bubs, complication, labour, death, stillborn | |
| Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (PDC) | PDC Manual | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | mothers, babies, condition, icd, gestation, antenatal, stillbirth, neonatal, baby, births, mum, mums, bubs, complication, labour, death, stillborn | |
| Queensland Health Non-Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHNAPDC) | QHNAPDC Commonly Requested Data Items (PDF, 1.5MB) | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | non-admissions, service event, corporate clinic code, Tier 2, service delivery mode, care type, chargeable status, admitted patient flag, ed patient flag, funding source, request source, new/review flag, indigenous status, number of service requests | |
| Queensland Health Non-Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHNAPDC) | QHNAPDC Manual | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | service event, Tier 2, corporate clinic code, service delivery mode, care type, chargeable status | |
| Queensland Health Non-Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHNAPDC) | QHNAPDC File Format | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | service event, Tier 2, corporate clinic code, service delivery mode, care type, chargeable status, definitions of data items | |
| Queensland Health Non-Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHNAPDC) | QHNAPDC in the Master Linkage File (dates available for linkage) | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | service event, Tier 2, corporate clinic code, service delivery mode, care type, chargeable status | |
| Queensland Registry BDM - Death Registration Data | Deaths Commonly Requested Data Items (PDF, 945KB) | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | Registrar General, cause of death, fact of death, date of death, place of death, SEIFA, linkage, linked data, research, MLF | |
| Queensland Registry BDM - Births Registration Data | Please note that while this data collection is used for linkage (primarily to obtain baby names) typically no data items are released from this data collection. | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | Registrar General, cause of death, fact of death, date of death, place of death, SEIFA, | |
| Emergency Data Collection (EDC) | EDC Commonly Requested Data Items (PDF, 976KB) | Executive Director, Healthcare Improvement Unit, Queensland Health | EDIS, emergency department, presentation time and date, triage time and date, service commencement date and time, episode end date and time, physical depature date and time, length of presentation, triage category, arrival transport mode, episode end status | |
| National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) | NHCDC Commonly Requested Data Items (PDF, 1.5MB) | Senior Director, Healthcare Purchasing and Funding Branch, Queensland Health | Activity, costing, costs, direct cost, overhead cost, total costs | |
| Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) clinical and dispatch data | Research and data requests | QAS Commissioner/ Director-General QH | QAS, commissioner, OHCA, paramedics, prehospital | |
| Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) clinical and dispatch data | Note: The QAS Data Custodian does not approve release of data via the PHA. To access QAS data you must contact the QAS Data Custodian directly for advice about the QAS approval process. | QAS, commissioner, OHCA, paramedics, prehospital | ||
| Queensland Cancer Register / Cancer Alliance Queensland | Cancer Alliance Queensland | Senior Director, Cancer Alliance Queensland, Queensland Health | cancer registry, qcr, qcat, cancer diagnosis | |
| Queensland Cancer Register / Cancer Alliance Queensland | Senior Director, Cancer Alliance Queensland, Queensland Health | Publicly available data | cancer registry, qcr, qcat, cancer diagnosis | |
| Pathology - AUSLAB | Search the Pathology Test list | Executive Director, Medical Services Pathology Queensland | pathqldclients@health.qld.gov.au (Please contact Pathology Queensland about the AUSLAB data request form.) | name of test taken, specimen type and site, ward of collection, name of test undertaken, date of test, CISSU |
| Vaccination Information and Vaccination Administration System (VIVAS) | Please contact via email | Executive Director, Communicable Disease Branch, Queensland Health | ||
| Information System for Oral Health (ISOH) | ISOH Commonly Requested Data Items (PDF, 691KB) | Chief Dental Officer, Queensland Health | dental, teeth, dentist, clinic, COC type, DMFT index, item codes, item count, tooth number | |
| GP data | The Statistical Services Branch does not collect General Practitioner (GP) data. | GP, doctor, | ||
| Consumer Integrated Mental Health Application (CIMHA) | Please contact via email | Executive Director, Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Branch, Queensland Health | CESA, MHAOD | |
| enterprise Patients, Admissions and Discharges and Transfers (ePADT) | Please contact via email | Deputy Director-General, Chief Information Officer, Queensland Health | This is the Statewide Data Custodian for ePADT. Individual HHS Data Custodians contintue to provide data custodianship of data for their HHS or hospital. | patient encounter, administrative patient events, damien green |
| integrated electronic Medical Record (ieMR) | Please contact via email | Deputy Director-General, Chief Information Officer, Queensland Health | ieMR, iemr, IEMR | |
| Funding - Casemix GENWAU | Funding Commonly Requested Data Items (PDF, 727KB) | Senior Director, Healthcare Purchasing and Funding Branch, Queensland Health | model price weighted activity unit, funding model calculation, efficient price | |
| Congenital Anomaly Linked File (CALF) | CALF dashboard (XLSM, 117KB) | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | babies, antenatal, gestation, condition, stillbirth, neonatal, baby, birth, congenital, anomaly, death, admitted, perinatal | |
| Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) | Infobite: What is an ICD code? (PDF 200Kb) | DLQ@health.qld.gov.au | international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, Australian modification, world health organisation, diseases, conditions, procedures, injuries, poisonings, adverse effects, version, QHAPDC, hospital admissions data | |
| Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) | Infobite - What is a separation? | DLQ@health.qld.gov.au | episode of care, discharge, ended, completed, formal, statistical , QHAPDC, hospital admissions data | |
| Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) | Infobite - What is an admission? | DLQ@health.qld.gov.au | hospitalisation, in patient, QHAPDC, hospital admissions data | |
| Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) | Infobite - What is a condition onset flag? | DLQ@health.qld.gov.au | conditions present on admission, QHAPDC, hospital admissions data | |
| Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) | Infobite - What is an ACHI code? | DLQ@health.qld.gov.au | Australian Classification of Health Interventions, procedure, QHAPDC, hospital admissions data | |
| Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) | Infobite - What is a principal diagnosis? | DLQ@health.qld.gov.au | primary reason for admission, ICD codes, QHAPDC, hospital admissions data | |
| Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) | Infobite - What are DRGs? | DLQ@health.qld.gov.au | diagnosis related groups, classification, grouping, grouper, QHAPDC, hospital admissions data | |
| Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC) | Mode of separation (discharge status) | Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health | DLQ@health.qld.gov.au | discharge status, episode of admitted patient care, QHAPDC, hospital admissions data, discharged to |