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Patient—radiotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termRadiotherapy start date
METEOR identifier:Help on this term448147
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 07/12/2011
Definition:Help on this termThe date on which a patient commences a course of radiotherapy treatment, expressed as DDMMYYYY.
Data Element Concept:Patient—radiotherapy start date

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termDate
Data type:Help on this termDate/Time
Format:Help on this termDDMMYYYY
Maximum character length:Help on this term8

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this termThis item should be used when collecting information about service volumes for the purpose of calculating radiotherapy waiting times. If collecting radiotherapy start date to examine cancer patient care for safety and quality monitoring and other public health purposes use Cancer treatment—radiotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
See also Cancer treatment—radiotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
See also Cancer treatment—radiotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Superseded 08/05/2014
See also Person with cancer—radiotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY
  • WA Health, Standard 01/06/2017
See also Person with cancer—radiotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY
  • WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Radiotherapy waiting times DSS 2012-13Health, Superseded 13/11/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2012

Implementation end date: 30/06/2013

Conditional obligation:

Every record must contain either this item or Health service event—first service contact date, DDMMYYYY.

Radiotherapy waiting times DSS 2013-15Health, Superseded 13/11/2013

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2013

Implementation end date: 30/06/2015


Radiotherapy waiting times NMDS 2015-2018Health, Superseded 25/01/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2015

Implementation end date: 30/06/2018


Radiotherapy waiting times NMDS 2018-ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
Health, Standard 25/01/2018

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018


Implementation in Indicators:Help on this term

National Healthcare Agreement PIa: Proportion of emergency radiotherapy treatment started within the emergency timeframeHealth, Qualified 12/01/2016

National Healthcare Agreement PIb: Waiting times for non-emergency radiotherapyHealth, Qualified 12/01/2016

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