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To provide standardised facility reference data for use across all Queensland Health information systems and data collections.

Healthcare services and operational facilities where a business requirement for a facility code exists within Queensland Health.

Facility reference data is available to all Queensland Health business areas and information systems.

The CRDS Facility Data Set is published on the Queensland Health Electronic Publishing Service (QHEPS) as part of CRDS Online.

Commonly used facility data is searchable via a QHEPS webpage with some data able to be extracted in Excel or ASCII format. Client applications can also obtain a copy of facility data held within CRDS, including historical data, by requesting the data from the CRDS Administrator: crds@health.qld.gov.au.

The data is sourced from a number of areas including:
- Commonwealth Department of Social Services (Residential Aged Care Service facilities, Multi Purpose Health Services)
- Hospital and Health Services (hospital and health service facilities and for scoping of reporting requirements for data collections)
- Private Health Unit (private hospital facilities)
- Mental Health Information and Performance Unit (Mental Health facilities)
- Commonwealth Circulars (notification for Commonwealth licensing of facilities)
- Queensland Health Electronic Publishing Service (QHEPS) (Department of Health facilities)

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CRDS; Facilities; Facility