Cancer treatment—specialist support services indicator, yes/no/unknown code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Specialist support services indicator
Synonymous names:	Specialist support services; Allied health services
METEOR identifier:	462083
Registration status:	Health, Standard 04/02/2015
Definition:	An indicator of whether specialist support services have been used during treatment for cancer, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Cancer treatment—specialist support services indicator

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:

Code

Data type:

Number

Format:

Maximum character length:

Permissible values:

Value	Meaning
1	Yes
2	No

Supplementary values:

Value	Meaning
8	Unknown

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:

Record whether the patient used specialist support services as part of their care during a round of treatment for cancer.

Specialist support services include community services, allied health services and other hospital support service, such as the use of psychiatrists, psychologists, physiotherapists, social workers, specialist nurses/nurse counsellors, cancer support or volunteer support groups, individual peer support services, counsellor/bereavement counsellor and pastoral care workers.

Collection methods:

This information should be sought from the patient's medical record or collected in multi-disciplinary team meetings.

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

Relational attributes

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