Summary
The National Cervical Screening Program aims to reduce incidence, morbidity and mortality from cervical cancer in Australia. A new National Cervical Screening Program is scheduled to commence on 1 December 2017—this new National Cervical Screening Program data dictionary is a key document that has been developed by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare with the assistance of state and territory cervical screening programs and other cervical screening experts, to support monitoring and reporting by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for the new National Cervical Screening Program.
Preliminary material: Acknowledgments; Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 Technical aspects
3 Data items
Group A: Client identifier data items
Group B: Client data items
Group C: Client status data items
Group D: Client vaccination status data items
Group E: Client demographic data items
Group F: Contact data items
Group G: Test type data item
Group H: HPV test data items
Group I: Cytology test data items
Group J: Screening episode data items
Group K: Colposcopy data items
Group L: Histology test data items
Group M: Treatment data items
Group N: Provider data items
Group O: Pathology laboratory data items
Group P: Screening history data items