Cancer treatment—specialist support services date, DDMMYYYY

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termSpecialist support services date
Synonymous names:Help on this termSpecialist support services date; Allied health services date
METEOR identifier:Help on this term487379
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 14/05/2015
Definition:Help on this termThe date on which a patient used specialist support services as part of their care during the initial round of treatment for cancer, expressed as DDMMYYYY.

Data element concept attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Data element concept:Cancer treatment—specialist support services date
METEOR identifier:Help on this term587586
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 14/05/2015
Definition:Help on this termThe date a patient used specialist support services as part of their care during treatment for cancer.
Object class:Help on this termCancer treatment
Property:Help on this termSpecialist support services date

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termCancer Australia

Value domain attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Value domain:Date DDMMYYYY
METEOR identifier:Help on this term270566
Registration status:Help on this term
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 19/07/2018
  • Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
  • Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 14/10/2015
  • Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Not progressed 15/04/2019
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005
  • Disability, Standard 07/10/2014
  • Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010
  • Health, Standard 01/03/2005
  • Homelessness, Standard 23/08/2010
  • Housing assistance, Standard 01/03/2005
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012
  • Indigenous, Standard 11/08/2014
  • National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016
  • Tasmanian Health, Standard 31/08/2016
  • WA Health, Standard 06/03/2014
  • Youth Justice, Standard 15/02/2022
Definition:Help on this termThe day of a particular month and year.

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 term

Record the date which a patient used specialist support services as part of their care during the initial round of treatment for cancer. This date should be recorded in conjunction with Specialist support services code or Specialist support services text.

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:Help on this termThis information should be sought from the patient's medical record or collected in multi-disciplinary team meetings.
Comments:Help on this termThis 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:Help on this termCancer Australia

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
See also Cancer treatment—specialist support services type, code N[N]
  • Health, Standard 04/02/2015
See also Cancer treatment—specialist support services type, text X[X(99)]
  • Health, Standard 04/02/2015
See also Person with cancer—date of referral to palliative care services, DDMMYYYY
  • Health, Standard 08/05/2014
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term

Prostate cancer (clinical) NBPDSHealth, Standard 14/05/2015

Conditional obligation:

Collect this item when Cancer treatment—specialist support services indicator, yes/no/unknown code N equals yes.