ABF Data Request Specifications 2011-12

Activity based funding data request specifications for the quarterly submission for the remaining three submissions for the 2011/12 financial year data have been established as follows:

Admitted (includes general items for Acute, Mental Health and Sub-acute including Palliative Care)

Below are the ABF data request specifications for acute hospitalizations in an Excel workbook. The Excel workbook contains two sheets “APC data specs” sheet contains the overall specifications and the“Diagnosis array format” sheet provides extra detail and an example of how the diagnosis array is to be populated.

Emergency Care

Below are the ABF data request specifications for Emergency care hospitalizations in an Excel workbook. The Excel workbook contains two sheets “Emergency Services DSS” sheet contains the specifications for the aggregated data collection, the “Emergency Department Care DSS” sheet contains the specifications for the patient level collection.

Non-admitted

Below are the ABF data request specifications for non-admitted hospital care in an Excel workbook. The Excel workbook contains four sheets the “NAP ABF DSS Pt level” sheet contains the specifications for the patient level collection, the “NAP ABF DSS Aggregate” sheet contains the specifications for the aggregated data collection, the “Tier 2 V_1.0.2” sheet provided the list of valid Tier 2 – Version 1.0.2 clinics valid at 28/10/2011 and the “Example NAP ABF DSS Aggregate” sheet contains examples of the data to be supplied for aggregated non-admitted hospital care cases.