The APDC records all admitted patient services provided by public hospitals, public psychiatric hospitals, public multi-purpose services, private hospitals, and private day procedure centres across the Australian state of New South Wales. It contains dates of admissions and separations for each episode of care, up to 50 diagnoses relevant to each episode of care, the source of referral, separation mode, and procedures based on the ICD-10 Australian version.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
1,016,446 (separations between 2005 and 2012)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2001
Primary Institutions
New South Wales Ministry Of Health
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
New South Wales Ministry of Health
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
Engagement
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