VAED manual 2021-22 (all sections)

The Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED) manual provides VAED contributors and users with a complete dataset resource including:

• definitions of data items
• how to compile and submit data
• information for contributors and data users
• valid code lists and links to reference files
• contact details for support services

This manual together with subsequent HDSS Bulletins forms the data submission specifications for each financial year.

The manual is broken down into the following sections:

• Section 1 Introduction
  Guide to uses of the VAED, data submission deadlines, contact details, useful references and publications.
• Section 2 Concepts and derived items
  Definitions of concepts and derived items that contribute to the VAED
• Section 3 Data definitions
  Specifications of data items relating to individual admitted patient episodes of care.
• Section 4 Business rules
  Business rules that apply for reporting data to the VAED.
• Section 5 Compilation and transmission
  Specifications for compiling a transmission file to send data to the VAED.
• Section 6 Request reports
  Reports hospitals can request in the header record of any transmission file sent to the VAED.
• Section 7 Control reports
  Description of standard control reports automatically returned to the hospital when they submit data to the VAED.
• Section 8 Validation
  Listing in numerical order of all VAED validation messages with guide to assist in correcting the data.
• Section 9 APET system
  User guide to the Admitted Patient Entry and Transmission (APET) system, a web-based data entry system for sites with small throughput and no in-house patient management system capable of creating transmission file in correct format.
• Section 10 Testing
  Testing section of VAED manual.