Machine derived contents note: T h is re p o rt 1 -- The Perinatal National Minimum Data Set 2 -- Purpose of the evaluation 2 -- 2 M ethodology 3 -- Com pliance evaluation 3 -- Evaluation of utility -- Recommendations for data development -- 3 Evaluation of utility 6 -- R esp on d ents 6 -- Uses of the NMDS specifications and NMDS-based dat -- U tility -- D ata developm ent 13 -- O ther issues raised by respondents 15 -- 4 eComrpliance valuation 16 -- National sum m ary 16 -- State and territory sum m ary 17 -- Assessment of individual data elements 18 -- 5 Comments on data elements 61 -- Existing data elem ents 61 -- P roposed new data elements 71
