DOCUMENT 1 FOI 23/24 - 0834
FOI 23/24-0834
Scope “Specifically, | am interested in the average funding packages for individuals diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Complex Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). Any documents with the recent overall number of participants with these diagnoses, whether primary or secondary, would also be rather insightful. | do not require any personal information of the participants.”
Response
Our publicly available data cube Participants count by diagnosis data (CSV 993KB) contains the following information:
As at 31 December 2023,
ICD Disability Name Primary Reported F43 - Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 3,191 7,220 F60.3 - Borderline personality disorder 2,491 5,421
The definition of Primary and Reported can be found in the Participants count by diagnosis data rules (DOCX 92KB):
Primary: Number of participants where the disability was recorded as primary. Only one disability can be recorded as primary.
Reported: Number of participants who reported disability (including primary or non-primary disabilities). More than one disability can be listed for each participant.
The average annualised plan budget for participants with a primary disability of F43 and F60.3 are $80,900 and $120,400 (rounded to the nearest hundred) respectively.
Note that:
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While the question is specifically asking for Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), the category of F43 - Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) should likely include participants with varying types of PTSD and NOT exclusively C-PTSD.
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Prior to 2020, participants with PTSD were previously included in F99 - Other Psychosocial disabilities and some participants with C-PTSD may also remain in this category.
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Regarding participants with F43 and F60.3 as non-primary disability, average annualised plan budgets were not shown for these participants. This is because there is currently a lack of guidance over the definition of a non-primary disability and the level of evidence required to support entry onto the system, which has led to inconsistent reporting of non-primary disabilities.
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