Description:

Claims and payments processing system Provides us with financial and contract information on mental health and addiction services.

Additional information:

Have_(encrypted)_NHI Yes
Personally identifiable (e.g. linked to NHI numbers) and longitudinal or aggregated (e.g. for planning, clinical research etc.)? Yes
Scope National
Does the data contain diagnoses and clinical outcomes? Does the data contain procedures, device information and medication for therapy? Does this data set have cost / price data? Info about the health conditions people have (e.g. diagnosis data)? Yes, some. Cost/price data? Absolutely - payments system!
Presence of Data dictionary? Column headings in Excel or any kind of data model if residing in a relational database (e.g. Access, SQL Server, Oracle etc.) Yes
How often does this data set get updated? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Quarterly? Yearly? Online realtime
Brief info about the systems and processes used to collect/manage data. Q: Where the data is collected, in what form, and accessibility? The data comes from Other
Data format, e.g., data structure, data types, and storage form (relational database, Excel, csv, etc.). Data Tables
How well the data is structured, e.g. free text VS coded text VS pick-list (drop-down list) Data format - numeric or character? ?? Both alpha numeric