The number of people who received a positive NBCSP screen in a defined 12-month period and had a follow-up assessment within the defined period or the following 12 months.
Definition
The percentage of people who returned a positive National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) screening test in a 12-month period, and had a follow-up diagnostic assessment, measured 12 months after the defined period.
Indicator Summary
The number of people who received a positive screen in the defined 12-month period.
No computation details
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
- Diagnostic assessment type
- Patient election status
Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.
Calculation rules
The number of people who received a positive NBCSP screen in a defined 12-month period and had a follow-up assessment within the defined period or the following 12 months.
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- Data Element
- Person—person identifier, X[X(19)]
The number of people who received a positive screen in the defined 12-month period.
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
- Diagnostic assessment type
- Patient election status
Some disaggregation may result in numbers too small for publication.
References
Australian Population Health Development Principal Committee 2008. Population Based Screening Framework. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. Viewed 19 October 2013,
http://www.cancerscreening.gov.au/internet/screening/
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This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.
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