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Purpose
Description
Definition of family and domestic violence
Relationship to Defining the data challenge for family, domestic and sexual violence (cat. no. 4529.0)
Family and domestic violence related content (data items collected)
Collection methodology
Scope / Target population
Coverage
Data availability / Dissemination
Publications
Collection history
Other directory data sources held by this agency

INTEGRATED SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ACTIVITY COLLECTION (ISAAC)

DASHBOARD METADATA

Collection type		Geographic coverage		Frequency		Data availability
Administrative by-product		South Australia SLA		Ad hoc		Not published - may be available on request 1

[1] May be subject to release conditions

DETAILED METADATA

Contact details

Data custodian	SA Health
Contact	Director, Information Management, System Performance Division
Address	PO Box 287, Rundle Mall, Adelaide, SA, 5001
Telephone	08 8226 7329
Facsimile	08 8226 8150
Email	DACRDataRequests@health.sa.gov.au
Internet	About ISAAC
Source link	ISAAC Reference Manual1

[1] The ISAAC Manual is updated every year. It covers the collection metadata, is significant in detail but is not actual data. PURPOSE

To record demographic, administrative and clinical data about patients admitted to public and private hospitals in South Australia.

DESCRIPTION

The Integrated South Australian Integrated Activity Collection (ISAAC) contains state-wide data capturing information about patients separated (discharged) from public and private hospitals. It provides SA Health with the information resources necessary to effectively fund, organise, evaluate, and plan health services in South Australia. ISAAC data also allows SA Health to meet national obligations through annual submissions to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). ISAAC forms part of the Admitted Patient Care National Minimum Data Set through submission to AIHW.

Patients who normally reside outside of SA are counted as part of the collection. The ISAAC collection is refreshed every month with data provided by hospitals and is used for departmental, state and commonwealth reporting purposes.

Data is not published for general public access. For data requests involving research, prior approval will need to be obtained from the Department's Human Research and Ethics Committee.

DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

No specific definition of family and domestic violence is used within this collection. Family and domestic violence is indicated by use of clinical codes within the patient record. Relies on the judgement of clinical staff who treat patients.

Aspects of family and domestic violence captured in the data are:

• physical abuse; and
• psychological/emotional abuse.

RELATIONSHIP TO DEFINING THE DATA CHALLENGE FOR FAMILY, DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE (cat. no. 4529.0)

The summary table below is designed to indicate the amount of information available for each of the six elements outlined in Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence, 2013 (cat. no. 4529.0). This is a subjective assessment made by the ABS about the data collected and is not an indication of data quality.

Conceptual Framework	Amount of Information Available
Element/Sub–element
	Some	Detailed
Context
Environmental factors
Psycho-social factors
Risk
Community prevalence
Community incidence
Incident/event
Responses
Formal responses
Informal responses
Impacts/Outcomes
Programs, Research & Evaluation

FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED CONTENT (data items collected)

The following tables provide a detailed analysis of the availability of specified data elements in the data source. The data items have been grouped into four counting units:
1. Context;
2. Person;
3. Incident/Event; and
4. Transaction.

Tables are absent from the entry in cases where the data source contains no data items which relate to the particular counting unit/s.

Context

Please note: This data source does not contain any data items relevant to this counting unit. Person

Data Items	Victim	Perpetrator	Secondary
Residential location
Age
Sex
Indigenous status
Disability status
Country of birth
Language spoken
Employment status	1
Education
Income
Socio-economic status
Mental illness
Other (Marital status/type of accommodation)

1. Employment status mandatory for mental health, optional for others.Incident/event

Data Items	Available
Location of incident/event
Residential location
Workplace
Educational institution
Public Place
Other Location
Relationship between parties
Current partner
Previous partner
Boyfriend/girlfriend/date
Parent
Child
Sibling
Other relatives
Other member of household
Personal/financial dependency
Other
Other Characteristics
Weapon used
Type of weapon
Physical injury sustained
Type of injury sustained
Pregnancy
Alcohol/substance use
Prior history of victimisation/offending
Change to routine
Time off work/economic costs
Perceptions of behaviour as criminal
Other

Transaction

Data Items	Available
Detection
Reported to police
Reasons not reported to police
Satisfaction with police response
Application for violence order
Violence order issued
Offender charged
Offender went to court
Offender sentence type
Child protection involvement
Other
Formal support
Services used/referral to services
Medical treatment/type
Counselling
Legal
Financial
Housing/accommodation
Crisis
Other
Informal Support
Family/friends
Minister/priest
Telephone service
Other

COLLECTION METHODOLOGY

Hospitals provide monthly extracts of data on patients discharged from hospital to a central database managed by SA Health. Demographic data is collected by administrative staff in hospitals. Doctors and nurses record information on diagnoses and procedures as text in medical records. The text is translated into codes, and the codes are included in the monthly extracts.

SCOPE / TARGET POPULATION

All people admitted to public and private hospitals in South Australia.

COVERAGE

Clinicians may not identify injuries as family and domestic violence related unless there is clear evidence, so the number of family and domestic violence related hospital admissions is likely to be understated in this collection.

DATA AVAILABILITY / DISSEMINATION

The data is not published to the general public. It is used for departmental, state and commonwealth reporting. De-identified data maybe released on receipt of a valid data request. For requests involving research, prior approval will need to be obtained from the Department's Human Research and Ethics Committee. A range of health statistics including health risk factors, mental illness, population groups, the performance of hospital and health care services, safety and quality and public health are published by South Australia Health at: http://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+health+internet/about+us/health+statistics

PUBLICATIONS

Integrated South Australian Activity Collection (ISAAC) resources

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection commenced: 2001

Break in series: no

Other details: n/a

OTHER DIRECTORY DATA SOURCES HELD BY THIS AGENCY

n/a