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Table 3 National Perinatal Data Collection Minimum Data Set mapped to Australian national maternity strategy values

From: An exploration of potential output measures to assess efficiency and productivity for labour and birth in Australia

Data Item

Descriptive

Process measure

Outcome

Cost Adjustment

Safety

Respect

Choice

Access

Birth event—anaesthesia administered, yes/no

 

X

     

Birth event—analgesia administered, yes/no

 

X

     

Birth event—birth method: Vaginal—non-instrumental; Vaginal—forceps; Caesarean section; Vaginal— vacuum extraction

 

X

     

Birth event—birth plurality: Singleton; Twins; Triplets; Quadruplets; Quintuplets; Sextuplets; Other

X

     

X

Birth event—birth presentation: Vertex; Breech; Face; Brow; Other

X

      

Birth event—labour onset type: Spontaneous; Induced; No labour

 

X

     

Birth event—setting of birth (actual): Hospital, excluding birth centre; Birth centre, attached to hospital; Birth centre, free standing; Home; Other

 

X

     

Birth event—state/territory of birth

X

     

X

Birth event—type of anaesthesia administered: Local anaesthetic to perineum; Pudendal block; Epidural or caudal block; Spinal block; General anaesthesia; Combined spinal-epidural block; Other anaesthesia

 

X

     

Birth event—type of analgesia administered: Nitrous oxide; Epidural or caudal block; Spinal block; Systemic opioids; Combined spinal-epidural block; Other analgesia

 

X

     

Birth—Apgar score (at 5 min)

  

X

    

Birth—birth order: Singleton or first of a multiple birth; Second of a multiple birth; Third of a multiple birth; Fourth of a multiple birth; Fifth of a multiple birth; Sixth of a multiple birth; Other

X

      

Birth—birth status: Live birth; Stillbirth (fetal death)

  

X

    

Birth—birth weight, total grams

  

X

    

Episode of admitted patient care—separation date

X

     

X

Establishment—organisation identifier (Australian)

X

     

X

Female (mother)—postpartum perineal status: Intact; 1st degree laceration/vaginal graze; 2nd degree laceration; 3rd degree laceration; Episiotomy; 4th degree laceration; Other perineal laceration, rupture or tear

  

X

    

Female (pregnant)—number of cigarettes smoked (per day after 20 weeks of pregnancy)

  

X

   

X

Female (pregnant)—tobacco smoking indicator (after twenty weeks of pregnancy), yes/no

  

X

   

X

Female (pregnant)—tobacco smoking indicator (first twenty weeks of pregnancy), yes/no

X

     

X

Female—caesarean section at most recent previous birth indicator, yes/no

X

      

Female—number of antenatal care visits

 

X

     

Female—parity, total pregnancies

X

      

Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016)

X

     

X

Person—country of birth

X

     

X

Person—date of birth

X

     

X

Person—Indigenous status: Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origin; Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origin; Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin; Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origin

X

     

X

Person—person identifier

X

     

X

Person—sex: Male; Female; Intersex or indeterminate

X

     

X

Pregnancy—estimated duration (at the first visit for antenatal care), completed weeks

 

X

     

Product of conception—gestational age, completed weeks

  

X