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Radiotherapy in Australia 2015–16

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Release Date: 02 Aug 2017
Topic: Radiotherapy

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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2017) Radiotherapy in Australia 2015–16, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.

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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.

  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-173-6
  • Cat. no: HSE 191
  • Pages: 66
Findings from this report:
  • About 60,600 radiotherapy courses began in 2014–15 – 67% delivered by public providers and 33% by private providers

  • 50% of radiotherapy patients received treatment within 9 days, and 90% received treatment within 27 days

  • 58% of radiotherapy was curative (50% started treatment within 14 days, 90% started treatment within 29 days)

  • 38% of radiotherapy was palliative (50% started treatment within 6 days, 90% started treatment within 19 days)

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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.

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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

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National Radiotherapy Waiting Times Database (NRWTD)

Radiotherapy waiting times NMDS 2015–

Data quality statement

National Radiotherapy Waiting Times Database, 2015–16;

Last updated 11/08/2023 v1.0

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