Person with cancer—referral to palliative care services indicator, yes/no/unknown code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Referral to palliative care services indicator |
| Synonymous names: | Supportive care, symptomatic care |
| METEOR identifier: | 431284 |
| Registration status: | Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
| Definition: | An indicator of whether the person with cancer was referred to palliative care services as part of their cancer treatment or follow-up, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—referral to palliative care services indicator |
| Value Domain: | Yes/no/unknown code N |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N | |
| Maximum character length: | 1 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Yes |
| 2 | No | |
| Supplementary values: | 8 | Unknown |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Guide for use: | Record whether the patient was referred to palliative care services. Referral to palliative care services is referral to palliative care administered by palliative care specialists such as a palliative care team or palliative physician. The point of transition to palliative care is when treatment goals become focussed on improving quality of life. However, the transition does not imply a discontinuation of active care or abandonment from treating cancer team. |
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| Collection methods: | This information should be sought from the patient's medical record. |
| Comments: | This information is used to evaluate the quality of care for patients with cancer, and may have implications for access to, and the provision of, cancer services. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
| Reference documents: | National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) and National Cancer Control Initiative (NCCI) 2003. Clinical practice guidelines for the psychosocial care of adults with cancer. Camperdown, NSW: National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre & National Cancer Control Initiative |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | See also Person with cancer—date of referral to palliative care services, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Adolescent and young adult cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Adolescent and young adult cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Lung cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 |