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National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 06a-Colorectal cancer detection rate

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termIndicator
Indicator type:Help on this termIndicator
Short name:Help on this termNational Bowel Cancer Screening Program colorectal cancer detection rate
Synonymous names:Help on this termNBCSP colorectal cancer detection rate
METEOR identifier:Help on this term533393
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Superseded 06/09/2018
Description:Help on this term

The percentage of people who returned a valid National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) screening test in a 12-month period and were diagnosed with a screen-detected colorectal cancer, measured 12 months after the defined period.

Rationale:Help on this term

The NBCSP aims to maximise the early detection of colorectal cancer in the target population.

This can be achieved by detecting cases of colorectal cancer before a person has symptoms, enabling early intervention. The cancer detection rate is a key indicator of program effectiveness, especially when comparing this rate to the known colorectal cancer incidence rate in the target population. Monitoring the cancer detection rate by various stratifications may also reveal emerging positive or negative trends that need to be investigated and rectified if necessary.

To reduce the effect of any lag time between invitation, positive screen, diagnostic assessment and histopathology, this indicator includes all those who screened in the defined period, not all those invited in the defined period (who had a positive screen).

Indicator set:Help on this termNational Bowel Cancer Screening Program performance indicators 2014–2018
Health, Superseded 06/09/2018

Collection and usage attributes

Computation:Help on this term

10,000 x (Numerator ÷ Denominator)

Numerator:Help on this term

The number of people who returned a valid NBCSP screening test in a defined 12-month period who were diagnosed with a screen-detected colorectal cancer within the defined period or the following 12 months.

Numerator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Patient—cancer status, code N

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Person—person identifier, X[X(19)]

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Person—disease screening test completion status, bowel screening code N

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Person—disease screening test results sent date, DDMMYYYY

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Denominator:Help on this term

The number of people who returned a valid screening test for analysis in the defined 12-month period.

Denominator data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Person—person identifier, X[X(19)]

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Person—disease screening test completion status, bowel screening code N

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Person—disease screening test results sent date, DDMMYYYY

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Disaggregation:Help on this term

Items will be presented by sex and age group, by:

  • State and territory
  • Socioeconomic status
  • Remoteness area
  • Indigenous status
  • Main language spoken at home
  • Disability status
  • Disease screening invitation round
  • Diagnostic assessment type
  • Election status

Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.

Disaggregation data elements:Help on this term
Data Element / Data Set

Person—Australian state/territory identifier, code N

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Person—disease screening invitation round count, total number N[N]

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Person—geographic remoteness, classification (ASGS-RA) N

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Person—sex, code N

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Person—Indigenous status, code N

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Person—age, total years N[NN]

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Person—disability status, code N

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Person—main language other than English spoken at home, code (ASCL 2011) NN{NN}

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) (2011 Census, ASGS 2011) cluster

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Patient—cancer diagnostic assessment type, bowel cancer code N

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Data Element / Data Set

Patient—election status, code N

Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

NMDS / DSS

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termProportion
Data type:Help on this termReal
Unit of measure:Help on this termPerson
Format:Help on this term

N[N].N

Data source attributes

Data sources:Help on this term
Data Source

National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)

Frequency

6-monthly (register snapshot)

Data custodian

Medicare Australia (Medicare Australia merged with the Department of Human Services in 2011)

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by National Bowel Cancer Screening Program: PI 06a-Colorectal cancer detection rate
  • Health, Standard 06/09/2018
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