Notes

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.

Report data

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

Metadata

Data quality statement

National Radiotherapy Waiting Times Database, 2015–16;