Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 447394 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Definition: | The date on which a person with cancer was referred to palliative care services. |
Person with cancer—date of referral to palliative care services
Data Element Concept Attributes
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Object class: | Person with cancer |
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Definition: | A person who has been diagnosed with a cancer. |
Specialisation of: | Person/group of persons |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Property: | Date of referral to palliative care services |
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Definition: | The date a patient is referred to palliative care services. Palliative care is defined as the active total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment and may include the control of pain and other symptoms, and of psychological, social and spiritual support. Referral to palliative care services is referral to palliative care administered by palliative care specialists such as a palliative care team or palliative physician. Palliative care may be administered in a community setting, for example, the patient's home or a nursing home, in the palliative care unit of an acute hospital, or a hospice. |
Property group: | Referral event |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Cancer Australia |
Reference documents: | National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) and National Cancer Control Initiative (NCCI) 2003. Clinical practice guidelines for the psychosocial care of adults with cancer. Camperdown, NSW: National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre |
Data element concept attributes
Relational attributes
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Person with cancer—date of referral to palliative care services, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 08/05/2014 |
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