Hospital Casemix Protocol Data Collection (HCP)
The HCP data collection is a legislated data collection for all private health insurance-funded admitted patient separations (i.e., discharges) in Australia, for which private health insurers have paid benefits. The data is collected by public and private hospitals, including day facilities, and then supplied to private health insurers, who in turn then submit the data to the Department of Health and Aged Care. HCP data covers privately insured admitted patients and includes de-identified clinical information (using a patient care classification system), demographic information, and financial information.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
4,340,479 (privately insured separations in 2022-23)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Privately insured admitted patient services in Australia.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1995
Primary Institutions
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Department of Health and Aged Care (DHAC)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Department of Health and Aged Care (DHAC)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
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