Length of time patients wait for radiotherapy treatment once they are ready-for-care (in the opinion of the treating clinician) at the 50th (median) and 90th percentiles, for patients whose care is not an emergency as recorded by the clinical emergency indicator.

The waiting time is calculated, in days, by subtracting the ready-for-care date from the radiotherapy start date.

Analysis by State and Territory is for State or Territory of treatment facility.

Analysis by remoteness and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD) is based on usual residence of person.

Radiotherapy waiting time (in days) at the 50^th and 90^th percentile.

Radiotherapy waiting time (in days) at the 50^th and 90^th percentile.

Not applicable.

State and territory, for patients whose clinical emergency indicator was recorded as ‘no’, by:

• Establishment sector
• Indigenous status
• Remoteness (Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Remoteness structure)
• 2011 Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Sociodemographic Disadvantage (IRSD) quintiles.

Nationally, by sector, by:

• 2011 SEIFA IRSD deciles.

Some disaggregations may result in numbers too small for publication.

Most recent data available for National Healthcare Agreement (NHA) performance reporting: TBA.

Those who are deemed ready-for-care but do not receive treatment in the reporting period (including those who never go on to receive treatment) are not reported in the National Radiotherapy Waiting Times Database, and are, therefore not included in this indicator. A person may experience more than 1 wait time in the reporting period, in which case, each of their waits would be included. The Clinical emergency indicator describes whether the treatment required for the patient is clinically assessed as an emergency.

D[D(2)]

National Healthcare Agreement

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Specification: Final.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare