Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 431366 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Definition: | The basis of diagnostic investigation of a person with cancer at the time of first presentation. |
Person with cancer—basis of diagnostic investigation
Data Element Concept Attributes
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Object class: | Person with cancer |
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Definition: | A person who has been diagnosed with a cancer. |
Specialisation of: | Person/group of persons |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Property: | Basis of diagnostic investigation |
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Definition: | The basis of diagnostic investigation at the time of first presentation. This relates to whether the patient was symptomatic at the time of first presentation, and if not, what first initiated the process of investigations leading to diagnosis. A symptom is any morbid phenomenon or departure from the normal in structure, function or sensation experienced by the patient and indicative of disease. |
Property group: | Service provision event |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
Reference documents: | Stedman TL 2006. Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 28th edition. Maryland: Lippincott Williams & Wilkin |
Data element concept attributes
Relational attributes
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—basis of diagnostic investigation, code N Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
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