Department of Health

Dental Health Program Data Set (DHPDS) Submission Guidelines

The Dental Health Program provides public dental care to eligible Victorians. The department funds Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV) to deliver both routine and urgent dental care. Services are delivered through the Royal Dental Hospital Melbourne and 79 clinics across Victoria, operated by community health and public health services.

The Dental Health Program Data Set (DHPDS) is used primarily to fund, monitor and plan dental services to eligible clients.The DHPDS manual provides a common set of concepts, data elements and edit/validation rules which define the basis of data collection and reporting requirements to the Community and Dental Health Program.

Details

Topic
Policies and guidelines
Date published
02 Jul 2019
Size
111 pages
Author
Department of Health & Human Services
Update frequency
Annual
Available format
DOCX

Reviewed 03 July 2019

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