Table 1 Mental health services data included in the analysis, stratified by service sector1
Service sector | Service type | Data year2 | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
Bed-based services | Tasmanian DoH funded bed-based mental health services (i.e. hospital admitted and residential services) | 2018–19 | • No. of consumers • Consumer usual area of residence • Acute bed separations • Available beds • Bed type3 |
Privately funded bed-based services | 2018–19 | • Service location | |
Jurisdictional clinical ambulatory services | Tasmanian DoH funded clinical ambulatory mental health services | 2018–19 | • No. of consumers • Consumer usual area of residence • FTE staff counts • Treatment team type4 |
Primary care and private clinical ambulatory services | Clinical ambulatory services delivered by headspace services and not funded by the Medicare Benefits Schedule | 2018–19 | • No. of consumers • Service location • Occasions of service • Funder • Funding |
Clinical ambulatory services commissioned by Primary Health Tasmania | 2018–19 | • No. of consumers • Consumer usual area of residence • Occasions of service • Funding | |
Mental health specific ambulatory services funded by the Medicare Benefits Schedule | 2015–16 | • No. of consumers • Consumer usual area of residence • Occasions of service • Expenditure | |
Psychosocial support services | Psychosocial support services commissioned by Primary Health Tasmania | 2019–20 | • Service description • Service location • Funding |
Tasmanian DoH funded psychosocial support services | 2017–18 | • Service description • Service location • Funding | |
Commonwealth funded psychosocial support services | 2016–20 | • Service description • Service location • Funding (converted to estimated annual funding) | |
Services defined as ‘core’ or ‘capacity’ supports under the National Disability Insurance Agency and provided to eligible consumers with a psychosocial disability | June 2019 quarter | • No. of consumers • Consumer usual area of residence • Support class description • Funding (i.e. average annual committed budget plan) • National average plan utilisation estimate for consumers with psychosocial disability |