Collections
National collections provide valuable health information to support decision-making in policy development, funding and at the point of care.
Pātiki and Waharua Kōpito patterns
National collections provide valuable health information to support decision-making in policy development, funding and at the point of care. This information contributes to improving the health outcomes of New Zealanders.
On request, data from national collections can be made available to researchers and the public. Email requests to: data-enquiries@health.govt.nz.
In this section
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National Minimum Dataset (hospital events)
The National Minimum Dataset (NMDS) is a national collection of public and private hospital discharge information, including coded clinical data for inpatients and day patients. -
National Non-Admitted Patient Collection
Information includes event-based purchase units that relate to medical and surgical outpatient events and emergency department events. -
General Medical Subsidy Collection
The General Medical Subsidies Collection contains data on the fee-for-service payments made to doctors for patient visits. -
Pharmaceutical Collection
The Pharmaceutical Collection is a data warehouse that supports the management of pharmaceutical subsidies. It contains claim and payment information from pharmacists for subsidised dispensings. -
National Immunisation Register
The National Immunisation Register contains all registered immunisation enrolments and events of children born since 2005. -
Laboratory Claims Collection
The Laboratory Claims Collection (Labs) contains claim and payment information for community laboratory tests. -
Medical Warning System
The Medical Warning System (MWS) is an alert service linked to National Health Index numbers. -
National Booking Reporting System
Information by health specialty and booking status on how many patients are waiting for elective surgery, and how long they have had to wait. -
National Booking Reporting System Data Warehouse
Consolidate information from the NBRS inpatient database, summary statistics, and cost weighted discharge information. -
National Maternity Collection
Provides statistical, demographic and clinical information about selected publicly funded maternity services. -
Mortality Collection
The Mortality Collection (MORT) classifies the underlying cause of death for all deaths registered in New Zealand, and all registerable stillbirths. -
PRIMHD – mental health data
The single national mental health and addiction information collection of service activity and outcomes data for health consumers.