Description:

To monitor the waiting times for radiotherapy which was chosen as representative indicators of specialist treatment, and have historically had waiting time issues for patients. A four-week wait time is currently targeted. (http://www.health.govt.nz/new-zealand-health-system/health-targets/2012-13-health-targets/health-targets-2012-13-shorter-waits-cancer-treatment) DA: see definitions in http://www.nsfl.health.govt.nz/apps/nsfl.nsf/pagesmh/382

Additional information:

Have_(encrypted)_NHI No
Personally identifiable (e.g. linked to NHI numbers) and longitudinal or aggregated (e.g. for planning, clinical research etc.)? No
Scope National
Does the data contain diagnoses and clinical outcomes? Does the data contain procedures, device information and medication for therapy? Does this data set have cost / price data? Info about the health conditions people have (e.g. diagnosis data)? no. Cost/price data? no
Presence of Data dictionary? Column headings in Excel or any kind of data model if residing in a relational database (e.g. Access, SQL Server, Oracle etc.) Yes
How often does this data set get updated? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Quarterly? Yearly? Quarterly
Brief info about the systems and processes used to collect/manage data. Q: Where the data is collected, in what form, and accessibility? The data comes from DHB
Data format, e.g., data structure, data types, and storage form (relational database, Excel, csv, etc.). Data Tables
How well the data is structured, e.g. free text VS coded text VS pick-list (drop-down list) Data format - numeric or character? Numeric + comments