User guide for data submission to the department
A guide for hospitals and funds to validate and submit the following data files to the department for collections under the Private Health Insurance Act 2007:
- Private Hospital Data Bureau (PHDB)
- Hospital Casemix Protocol (HCP) – (validation only)
- Hospital Casemix Protocol 1 (HCP1)
- Hospital Casemix Protocol 2 (HCP2)
- General Treatment Dental (GT-Dental )
PHDB and HCP Annual Report
Reporting Requirements
Reports based on PHDB data are used by health funds, private hospitals and day surgeries during contract reviews. The data is also used extensively for benchmarking and clinical analysis.
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Current Specifications
- Changes in 2022–23 data specifications
- PHDB Hospital to Department data specifications 2022-23 – effective 1 July 2021
Historical Specifications
Historical Data Specifications are available on our Hospital Casemix Protocol (HCP) and Private Hospital Data Bureau (PHDB) Historical Data Specifications page.
Related Private Health Insurance Circulars
- PHI 10/21 Release of final 2021-22 Data Specifications for HCP, HCP1, GT-Dental and PHDB data collections
- PHI 35/20 Private Health Insurance (Data Provision) Amendment Rules 2020 and Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Amendment Rules 2020
- PHI 33/19 Release of final 2019-20 Data Specifications for HCP, HCP1, GT-Dental and PHDB data collections
- PHI 33/18 Release of final 2018-19 data specifications for the HCP, HCP1, HCP2, GT-Dental, and PHDB data collections
- PHI 32/18 Private Health Insurance (Data Provision) Rules 2018 and Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules 2018
- PHI 15/17 Release of Final Data Specifications for HCP, HCP1 and PHDB Data Collections
- PHI 37/16 Private Health Insurance (Data Provision) Rules 2016 and Private Health Insurance (Health Insurance Business) Rules 2016
- PHI 28/15 Release of Final Data Specifications for HCP, HCP1 and PHDB Data Collections
- PHI 01/14 Release of Final Data Specifications for HCP, PHDB and GT-Dental 2013-14 Data Collections
- PHI 27/13 Release of Revised Data Specifications for the 2012/13 HCP, HCP1 and PHDB Data Collections, Effective 1 July 2013
- PHI 43/12 Release of Final Data Specifications for HCP and PHDB 2012-13 Data Collections
- PHI 42/11 Release of Final Data Specifications for HCP and PHDB 2011-12 Data Collections
- PHI 36/10 Release of Final Data Specifications 2010-11 for HCP and PHDB Data Collections This circular replaces PHI circular 32/10
- PHI 32/10 Release of Final Data Specifications 2010-11 for HCP and PHDB Data Collections
- PHI 8Y/13 Release of Final Data Specifications for HCP, PHDB and GT-Dental 2013-14 Data Collections