Health Data Platform datasets
The Health Data Platform curates data from the National Collections provided by Te Whatu Ora.
We also link these to research datasets like clinical trials, cohort studies etc.
Dataset examples
THE NATIONAL MINIMUM DATASET (NMDS)
NMDS) provides hospital discharge information from public and private hospitals in New Zealand from 1997.
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MORTALITY COLLECTION (MORT)
A collection of causes of death for all deaths in New Zealand. Cause of death is classified according to WHO and ICD-10-AM guidelines.
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PRIMHD - MENTAL HEALTH DATA
This collection provides information on mental health service use and patient outcomes.
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LABORATORY CLAIMS COLLECTION
This dataset provides claim and payment information regarding laboratory tests in New Zealand.
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NATIONAL MATERNITY COLLECTION (MAT)
This collection provides demographic and clinical data from public maternal services.
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VIRTUAL DIABETES REGISTRY (VDR)
The VDR identifies people within administrative data sets who have suspected diabetes based on the type of care they received in the past.
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PHARMACEUTICAL COLLECTION
The Pharmaceutical collection displays data for medication claims and payment information from 1992.
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NZ CANCER REGISTRY (NZCR)
The New Zealand Cancer Registry provides data regarding cancer incidence and cancer mortality.
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NATIONAL ENROLMENT SERVICE (NES)
The NES provides information on enrolment in primary care and contributes to capitation based funding calculations.
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GENERAL MEDICAL SUBSIDY COLLECTION
The General Medical Subsidy Collection provides payment data from patient visits from 2003.
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AOTEAROA IMMUNISATION REGISTER (AIR)
The AIR is a new immunisation registry that contains vaccination records of New Zealanders.
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NATIONAL NON-ADMITTED PATIENT COLLECTION (NNPAC)
This collection contains data on outpatient and non-admitted emergency department acitivity.
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