Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Radiotherapy in Australia 2015–16, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 01 October 2022.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Radiotherapy in Australia 2015–16. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Radiotherapy in Australia 2015–16. AIHW, 2017.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Radiotherapy in Australia 2015–16. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, Radiotherapy in Australia 2015–16, AIHW, Canberra.
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In 2015–16, 60,600 courses of radiotherapy were delivered in Australia. For non-emergency treatment, 50% of patients started treatment within 9 days, and 90% within 27 days. For those who needed emergency treatment, 91% began treatment within the emergency timeframe. Data covered effectively 100% of courses delivered in Australia.
38% of radiotherapy was palliative (50% started treatment within 6 days, 90% started treatment within 19 days)
For patients who needed emergency radiotherapy, 91% began radiotherapy on the same day or the next day
Of male patients being treated for prostate cancer, 50% started treatment within 10 days, and 90% within 29 days
Of female patients being treated for breast cancer, 50% started treatment within 8 days, and 90% within 28 days
Data on this page are from the first year of the Radiotherapy Waiting Times National Minimum Data Set that started in 2015–16 and the waiting times for those treatments. All public radiotherapy providers in Australia reported data, along with a high proportion of private sites.
The data on this page are for megavoltage external beam radiotherapy delivered by linear accelerator machines.
Address—statistical area, level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016) N(9)
Establishment—organisation identifier (Australian), NNX[X]NNNNN
Patient—clinical emergency indicator, yes/no code N
Patient—intention of treatment, code N
Patient—principal diagnosis, (ICD-10-AM 9th edn) ANN{.N[N]}
Patient—radiotherapy start date, DDMMYYYY
Patient—ready-for-care date, DDMMYYYY
Person—area of usual residence, statistical area level 2 (SA2) code (ASGS 2016) N(9)
Person—date of birth, DDMMYYYY
Person—Indigenous status, code N
Person—person identifier, XXXXXX[X(14)]
Person—sex, code N
National Radiotherapy Waiting Times Database (NRWTD)
Radiotherapy waiting times NMDS 2015–
National Radiotherapy Waiting Times Database, 2015–16;
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