Summary
The National Lung Cancer Screening Program targets high-risk individuals to detect lung cancer in its early stages to increase the likelihood of successful treatment and improve lung cancer outcomes in Australia. The National Lung Cancer Screening Program data dictionary is a key document that has been developed by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare with input from multidisciplinary advisory groups. The data dictionary supports monitoring and reporting by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for the National Lung Cancer Screening Program.
Summary
- Introduction
- Data items
- Group A: Participant data items
- Group B: Participant status data items
- Group C: Participant geographic data items
- Group D: Screening test data items
- Group E: Diagnostic assessment data items
- Group F: Biopsy adverse events data items
- Group G: Diagnosis data items
- Group H: Non-program data items
- Performance indicators
Appendix A: Metadata and data standards
End matter: Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of tables.