Data sources
| Dataset | Data description | Provider |
| Client Relationship Information System | Register of all children known to Child Protection. Includes demographic details about the children, reasons for entry to OOHC and details for episodes of OOHC (dates, care type, geographical area, foster care agency involved). | Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria |
| Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) claims data | Record of services that qualified for a Medicare Benefit and for which a claim was processed. Includes dates, provider type and postcode, item numbers that identify visit type and length. | Department of Health, Canberra (via AIHW) |
| Dental Health Program Dataset | Data set composed of reports of all dental assessments and treatments provided to eligible clients by funded organisations. Includes dates of visits, dental treatment items and provider type. | Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria |
| Community Health Minimum Dataset | Dataset of community health service visits, including dates of visits, service types, reasons for attendance. | Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria |
| Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset | Dataset of public hospital emergency department visits, including timing, diagnoses, triage category. | Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria |
| Client Management Interface/Operational Dataset | Dataset for public mental health services, including outpatient visits and admissions, diagnoses and type of services. | Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria |
| Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset | Dataset for admissions to Victorian public and private hospitals, including timing and diagnoses. | Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria |
| Victorian Integrated Non-admitted Health dataset | Dataset from public hospital outpatient clinics that include dates of visits, type of setting, MBS charges (if applied), professional group, purpose of service. | Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria |
AIHW, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; OOHC, out-of-home care.