Commonly Requested Data Items

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)

Note: Some PDF forms display incorrectly in current versions of the Firefox browser. When submitting a Commonly Requested Data Items form, it's recommended to download a copy and complete it using Acrobat.

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 CollectionLink to collection documentationData CustodianInitial 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

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

admissions, separations, ICD, diagnosis, icd, condition, discharge, episode of care, research, linked data
Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)QHAPDC ManualExecutive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

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

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

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  

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

admissions, separations, ICD, diagnosis, discharge, episode of care, condition,
Queensland Health Master Linkage FileMaster Linkage File (MLF)Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

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

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

mothers, babies, icd, antenatal, gestation, condition, stillbirth, neonatal, baby, births, mum, mums, bubs, complication, labour, death, stillborn
Queensland Perinatal Data Collection (PDC)PDC ManualExecutive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

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

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

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

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

service event, Tier 2, corporate clinic code, service delivery mode, care type, chargeable status
Queensland Health Non-Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHNAPDC)QHNAPDC File FormatExecutive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

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

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

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

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

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

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

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)Chief Clinical Information Officer, Digital Health Branch, Queensland Health

OCCIO@health.qld.gov.au

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

QABFM@health.qld.gov.au

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.Research@ambulance.qld.gov.au

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 QueenslandCancer Alliance QueenslandSenior Director, Cancer Alliance Queensland, Queensland Health

CancerDataQld@health.qld.gov.au

cancer registry, qcr, qcat, cancer diagnosis
Queensland Cancer Register / Cancer Alliance Queensland

Cancer Alliance Qld Publications and Reports

Queensland Cancer Data Explorer Dashboard

Senior Director, Cancer Alliance Queensland, Queensland HealthPublicly available datacancer registry, qcr, qcat, cancer diagnosis
Pathology - AUSLABSearch the Pathology Test listExecutive 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 emailExecutive Director, Communicable Disease Branch, Queensland Health

epi@health.qld.gov.au

 
Information System for Oral Health (ISOH)ISOH Commonly Requested Data Items (PDF, 691KB)Chief Dental Officer, Queensland Health

oral-health-app-support@health.qld.gov.au

dental, teeth, dentist, clinic, COC type, DMFT index, item codes, item count, tooth number
GP dataThe Statistical Services Branch does not collect General Practitioner (GP) data.  GP, doctor,
Consumer Integrated Mental Health Application (CIMHA)Please contact via emailExecutive Director, Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Branch, Queensland Health

MHAOD-Data@health.qld.gov.au

CESA, MHAOD
enterprise Patients, Admissions and Discharges and Transfers (ePADT)Please contact via emailDeputy Director-General, Chief Information Officer, Queensland Health

data-access@health.qld.gov.au

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 emailDeputy Director-General, Chief Information Officer, Queensland Health

data-access@health.qld.gov.au

ieMR, iemr, IEMR
Funding - Casemix GENWAUFunding Commonly Requested Data Items
(PDF, 727KB) 
Senior Director, Healthcare Purchasing and Funding Branch, Queensland Health

QABFM@health.qld.gov.au

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

DLQ@health.qld.gov.au

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.auinternational 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.auepisode 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.auhospitalisation, in patient, QHAPDC, hospital admissions data
Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)Infobite - What is a condition onset flag? DLQ@health.qld.gov.auconditions present on admission, QHAPDC, hospital admissions data
Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)Infobite - What is an ACHI code? DLQ@health.qld.gov.auAustralian 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.auprimary reason for admission, ICD codes, QHAPDC, hospital admissions data
Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)Infobite - What are DRGs? DLQ@health.qld.gov.audiagnosis related groups, classification, grouping, grouper, QHAPDC, hospital admissions data
Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection (QHAPDC)

Mode of separation (discharge status)

List of values/groupings released for research projects

Queensland Health Data Dictionary data element definition

Executive Director, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland HealthDLQ@health.qld.gov.audischarge status,  episode of  admitted patient care, QHAPDC, hospital admissions data, discharged to

Last updated: 16 April 2025