ABF Data Request Specifications 2024-25
Activity based funding (ABF) data request specifications for the quarterly submission of 2024–25 financial year have been agreed as follows:
Admitted (includes data items for acute, mental health and sub-acute including palliative care)
Below are the ABF data request specifications for acute hospitalisations in an Excel workbook. The Excel workbook contains eight sheets "APC" sheet contains the overall specifications, the "PCC" sheet provides details of the items to be collected for each palliative care phase, the “ABF data linking rule” provides more specific detail on how ABF DRS submission files are expected to be linked and used together, the "ESWT Cluster Array Format" sheet shows how to form the elective surgery procedure array, the “ESWT Cluster Array Example” sheet presents an example of the elective surgery procedure array, the "Diagnosis array format" sheet provides extra detail and an example of how the diagnosis array is to be populated, the "AROC Impairment Codes 2022" sheet provided the list of valid AROC Impairment Codes and the "File Naming Convention" sheet specifies how to name the data submission.
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 Patient Level" sheet contains the specifications for the patient level collection, the “ABF data linking rule” provides more specific detail on how ABF DRS submission files are expected to be linked and used together, the "Tier 2 Version 9.0" sheet provided the list of valid Tier 2 – Version 9.0 clinics and the "File Naming Convention" sheet specifies how to name the data submission.
Emergency care
Below are the ABF data request specifications for emergency care hospitalisations in an Excel workbook. The Excel workbook contains six sheets. the "ED" sheet contains the specifications for the patient level collection, "ES" sheet contains the specifications for the aggregated data collection, the “ABF data linking rule” provides more specific detail on how ABF DRS submission files are expected to be linked and used together, the “Definition of emergency service” sheet provides details of categorisation of emergency services, the "Example ES" sheet contains examples of the data to be supplied for aggregated emergency service hospital care presentations and the "File Naming Convention" sheet specifies how to name the data submission.
Teaching training and research
Below are the ABF data request specifications for teaching training and research in an Excel workbook. The Excel workbook contains six sheets. The "TT" sheet contains the overall specifications for the teaching and training data collection, the “RS” sheet contains the specifications for the research data collections, the "Instruction data population" provides some guidance for populating the profession or specialty types, the "Example TT" and "Example RS" sheet contains examples of the data to be supplied for teaching and training and research activities and the "File Naming Convention" sheet specifies how to name the data submission.
Mental health care
Below are the ABF data request specifications for mental health care in an Excel workbook. The Excel workbook contains eight sheets. The "MHCE" sheet contains the overall specifications for the mental health care episode level data, the “MHCP” sheets contains the overall specifications for the associated MHC phase level data, the “ASC” sheet contains the overall specifications for the associated MHC ambulatory service contact data, the “ABF data linking rule” provides more specific detail on how ABF DRS submission files are expected to be linked and used together, the “Example MHCE”, “Example MHCP” and “Example ASC” sheets provide examples of the MHC episode level data, phase level data, and ambulatory service contact data and the "File Naming Convention" sheet specifies how to name the data submission.
Sentinel events
Below are the ABF data request specifications for sentinel events in an Excel workbook. The Excel workbook contains four sheets. The "SE" sheet contains the overall specifications for the sentinel events patient level data, the “ABF data linking rule” provides more specific detail on how ABF DRS submission files are expected to be linked and used together, the “Example SE” sheets provide examples of the sentinel events patient level data and the "File Naming Convention" sheet specifies how to name the data submission.
Alternative funding source
Below are the ABF data request specifications for Alternative Funding Source in an Excel workbook. The Excel workbook contains four sheets. The "AFS" sheet contains the overall specifications for the patient level data, the “ABF data linking rule” provides more specific detail on how ABF DRS submission files are expected to be linked and used together, the “Example AFS” sheets provide examples of the AFS patient level data and the "File Naming Convention" sheet specifies how to name the data submission.
Emergency virtual care
Below are the ABF data request specifications for Emergency Virtual Care in an Excel workbook. The Excel workbook contains three sheets. The "EVC" sheet contains the overall specifications for the patient level data, the “Definition of emergency service” sheet provides details of categorisation of emergency services and the "File Naming Convention" sheet specifies how to name the data submission.