Referral to palliative care services indicator
Property Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type:![]() | Property |
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METEOR identifier:![]() | 431267 |
Registration status:![]() | Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 |
Definition:![]() | An indicator of whether a patient has been referred to palliative care services. Referral to palliative care services is referral to palliative care administered by palliative care specialists such as a palliative care team or palliative physician. Palliative care may be administered in a community setting, for example, the patient's home or a nursing home, in the palliative care unit of an acute hospital or a hospice. |
Property group:![]() | Referral event |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation:![]() | Cancer Australia |
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Reference documents:![]() | National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) and National Cancer Control Initiative (NCCI) 2003. Clinical practice guidelines for the psychosocial care of adults with cancer. Camperdown, NSW: National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre |
Relational attributes | |
Data Element Concepts implementing this property:![]() | Person with cancer—referral to palliative care services indicator Health!, Standard 08/05/2014 |
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