Victorian Admitted Episodes Data Set (VAED)

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The Department of Health collects morbidity data on all admitted patients from Victorian public and private acute hospitals including rehabilitation centres, extended care facilities and day procedure centres. This data forms the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED, formerly VIMD). Among other things, VAED data are used for; health services planning, policy formulation, casemix funding and epidemiological research.

VAED Manual

23rd Edition 2013-14 DRAFT v0.2 - Updated 20 February 2013

22nd Edition 2012-13 - Updated 12 July 2012

Previous Editions

Changes to VAED Specifications

Proposals and Specifications

Final specifications for revisions to PRS2 and the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED) for 1 July 2013 (PDF File 435KB) - Added 28 December 2012

Proposals for revisions to the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED) 2013-14 (PDF File 608KB) - Added 26 October 2012

Previous Years

VAED Audit

Information about the Audit process and results

DH Admission Policy

Current policy (PDF File 82KB) - Effective 1 July 2012 - Updated 23 July 2012

Admission Policy Procedure Code Lists (ZIP File 181KB) - Effective 1 July 2012 - Added 9 July 2012

Admission Policy Factsheets (Zip File 1.62MB) - Updated 23 July 2012

Criteria for Admission decision chart (PDF File 54KB) - Updated 22 August 2012

Previous Version

Late Data Exemption Request form (MS Word File 207KB) Updated 7 July 2011

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Last updated: 20 February, 2013

Contact - Further enquiries regarding these web pages can be directed to:
Admitted, Emergency and Elective Data Unit, Department of Health
Tel (03) 9096 8141
Email HDSS.HelpDesk@health.vic.gov.au

This website is managed and authorised by the Funding and Information Policy Branch of the Hospital and Health Service Performance Division of the Victorian State Government, Department of Health, Australia

For general enquiries to the Department of Health telephone 61 3 90960000