Person with cancer—reason(s) treatment not administered, code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Reason(s) treatment not administered (cancer) |
METEOR identifier: | 428257 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Definition: | The reason(s) a person with cancer was not administered treatment for cancer, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—reason(s) treatment not administered |
Value Domain: | Reason(s) treatment not administered code N |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | Record the reason that a person with an initial diagnosis of cancer was not administered treatment. Treatment refers to any surgery, radiotherapy or systemic therapy agent that removes or modifies either primary or secondary malignant tissue. It may be curative or palliative in intent. For this item the use of supportive therapy such as the administration of analgesia or anti-emetics is not classed as treatment. |
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Collection methods: | This information should be sought from the patient's medical record. |
Comments: | This information is used to evaluate the quality of care by distinguishing between contraindications to treatment due to patient risk factors, patient or family refusing treatment, and treatment not being offered for reasons unknown. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
Reference documents: | American College of Surgeons 2002. Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards (FORDS), 2009 revision. Commission on Cancer |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Lung cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 |
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