HACC MDS Data Access Protocol

HACC MDS data are collected to help Commonwealth, State and Territory HACC Program Managers plan and monitor of HACC services. Other parties wishing to analyse the MDS for this purpose may request that the data custodian provide them access to the data.

In this section:

The requirements and processes for HACC MDS data releases are agreed by all jurisdictions and were designed to protect the privacy of HACC clients and agencies while allowing the maximum benifit to be derived from the data collection. The process for collecting data is set out in the HACC Data Access Protocol.

You may download this document in PDF and Word format:

PDF printable version of HACC Data Access Protocol (PDF 359 KB)
Word version of HACC Data Access Protocol (Word 553 KB)

If you are unable to download any of these files you may email HACC MDS to arrange for a copy to be sent to you.

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Help with accessing PDF documents

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