Publications
Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) Guide
Since Dr. Marshall Folstein first developed the Mini- Mental State Examination (MMSE) in 1975, it has become widely used as a screening test for cognitive impairment and it is routinely used as an inclusion / exclusion criterion and outcome measure in clinical trials. T...
Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) Tool
The Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) was developed to provide clear unequivocal guidelines for administration and scoring. The SMMSE takes less time to administer and has significantly reduced the variability of the MMSE. The test covers a variety o...
AECC Definitions Manual
This manual details the logic for assigning AECC end classes to emergency care episodes. The logic is represented in software—the AECC grouper—which should be the primary way that emergency care episodes are grouped to the AECC. This manual is a reference for the logic...
AECC Final Report
The AECC was developed using a combination of statistical analysis and clinical input: the splits in the classification demonstrate statistical as well as clinical validity. An independent reviewer also reviewed the model outputs, thus providing further assurance of the...
Impact of New Health Technology Framework Version 4.3
The Impact of New Health Technology Framework (the Framework) outlines the process by which IHPA, via its Clinical Advisory Committee (CAC), will monitor and review the impact of new health technologies on the existing classifications in order to accurately account for...
AR-DRG Version 10.0
The Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (AR-DRGs) is a classification system, which provides a clinically meaningful way to relate the number and type of patients treated in a hospital to the resources required by the hospital. AR-DRGs group patients with s...
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition
ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS Eleventh Edition, was implemented between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2022 for classifying episodes of admitted patient care across Australian hospital services.
IHPA Work Program 2019–20
The Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Work Program has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of section 225 of the National Health Reform Act 2011.
ED ICD-10-AM (Eleventh Edition) Principal Diagnosis Short List – User Guide
This document details the components and conventions of the ED Short List and is aimed at jurisdictions, data managers and health information managers involved in ED data.In addition to this document, a Principal Diagnosis Selection Guide fact sheet has been developed f...
National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) Public Sector Report 2016–17
The National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) Public Sector Report and infographics present the results from NHCDC 2016-17. These documents describe the hospital costs submitted by jurisdictions for the following activity streams: admitted acute, non...